Do the following while logged in as root!!

  1. Download VMware Server: http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
  2. Install some necessary packages:
    • apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd
  3. From the directory where you downloaded VMware Server:
    • Extract and execute the VMware Install script:
    • tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz
    • cd vmware-server-distrib
    • ./vmware-install.pl
    • Accept all defaults
  4. Access the VMware Management Interface:
    • https://servername:8333

That’s it, short and sweet!!