Today I’ve tried to install the vmware server on my laptop, where is running ubuntu 8.04 ( hardy heron). Everything went smoothly, except when I tried to run the Vmware server-console, the system returned the following error:

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

A quick and dirty workaround is to comment out the line 246 on the file /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh

7 Responses to “VMware server and ubuntu hardy heron”

  1. Barnab says:

    Not sure about what happend but this fix works for me ;)

    Thx a lot

  2. Russianspi says:

    Thanks - this fixed my problem. You saved me a ton of grief!

  3. Conte says:

    Worked for me too! Gracias!

  4. will says:

    what line is that? or what vmware version? that line is already commented out on my machine (its a comment itself)

  5. Alex says:

    Thanks a lot. I might publish an article about this solution in french on my website. My website is available in english also. So I’ll make a link to your article for the english version. Please email me if you have any comment/objection about it. Thanks, Alex.

  6. phillip says:

    No problem, feel free to grab what you need (according to the Creative Commons License).

    Regards.

    phillip

  7. Sennen says:

    Another fix is to remove the directory /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

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