{"id":611,"date":"2007-11-16T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=611"},"modified":"2007-11-30T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T17:21:16","slug":"obay-home-blog-archive-installing-vmware-player-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/16\/obay-home-blog-archive-installing-vmware-player-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Obay Home &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Installing VMWare Player on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>If you get the following error message:<\/p>\n<p><code>\/usr\/lib\/vmware-player\/bin\/vmplayer: \/usr\/lib\/vmware-player\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by \/usr\/lib\/libcairo.so.2)<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Apply the following fix<\/p>\n<p><code>mv \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0.disabled<br \/>ln -sf \/usr\/lib\/libpng12.so.0 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0<br \/>mv \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1.disabled<br \/>ln -sf \/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1<br \/><\/code><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obayz.com\/?p=8\">Obay Home \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Installing VMWare Player on Ubuntu<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Yup, this works for Centos 5. I upgraded to Server 1.04 today and had to go back and fix things again. This is a different fix than the fix I used previously where I renamed the file and let Vmware find a suitable library. I am guessing that both solutions probably end up using the correct library but this solution looks like it is a more direct approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you get the following error message: \/usr\/lib\/vmware-player\/bin\/vmplayer: \/usr\/lib\/vmware-player\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by \/usr\/lib\/libcairo.so.2) Apply the following fix mv \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0.disabledln -sf \/usr\/lib\/libpng12.so.0 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libpng12.so.0\/libpng12.so.0mv \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1.disabledln -sf \/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1 \/usr\/lib\/vmware\/lib\/libgcc_s.so.1\/libgcc_s.so.1 Obay Home \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Installing VMWare Player on Ubuntu Yup, this works for Centos 5. 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