Install BackTrack 5 in VMware player

Following steps would make it easier to install BackTrack 5 as an virtual machine in VMware player.

1. Download BT5 for vmware

2. Extract BT5-GNOME-VM-32.7z file and copy them in to a location where vmplayer can access.

3. Open BT5-GNOME-VM-32.vmx using vmware player.

4. user name: root
    password : toor

5. Type startx to proceed with GUI

6. BackTrack is ready, time to play now :)

ps. Install vmware tools for BT5

How to solve VMware Kernel Module Update issue in Ubuntu 12.04

After successful installation of VMware 5.0, following issue occurred while i was using it in Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit).

run following command and then you can check the Kernel version that you are currently using in Ubuntu.

uname -a 

execute following command line operations so that you can fix the problem.

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux
sudo ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h
sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h 

When you are done with execution of the above commands, run you VMware player

Enjoy VMware :)

How to install VMWare in Ubuntu 12.04 (32bit)

at the end you will learn how to install vmware in Ubuntu 12.04 (32bit)

1. Download vmware bundle

2. Open terminal using Alt + Ctrl + T

3. type & run following command using terminal

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

The installer may need to build and install kernel modules, so it's advisable to make sure you have the necessary packages to facilitate this. Run uname -r. The output should end in generic, generic-pae, server, or virtual. If it doesn't end in generic, replace generic below with whatever it does end in.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essentials linux-headers-generic

4. After downloading file run

chmod +x ~/Downloads/VMware-Player-5.0.0-812388.i386.bundle
sudo sh -c ' ~/Downloads/VMware-Player-5.0.0-812388.i386.bundle'

Have fun with VMWare Player :)