Vitaly Babiy’s Blog

So I needed to install VMware on my laptop, which is running Ubuntu. I didn’t want to install it from source. So I found a Canonical repository that has VMware packages. This tutorial will walk you through installing and uninstalling VMware server in Ubuntu 7.10 ( Gusty Gibbons ).

Installing VMware:

• You will want to add the repository to your source.list file.
  • sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
• Add this to the end of the file.
  • deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
• Run the following commands
  
  •  sudo apt-get update
    
  •  sudo apt-get install vmware-server

Removing VMware

• Run the following comands:
  
  • sudo apt-get remove –purge vmware-server  
  • sudo rm -r /etc/vmware
    

On my birthday this year I was given an iPod Video, but I was in trouble my music collection was all over the place and no where near organized. And since I am running 100% on Ubuntu these days I need a solution to this problem that will work in Ubuntu. Amarok is that solution, I am able to pull down MP3 tag information about songs based on the finger print of the song. Also creating a folder structures to help keep all your music well organized. Amarok will also keep your iPod in sync, by allowing you to transfer files from Amarok to you iPod. There a few things you will need to before you can use all these features with in Amarok.

1. Install Amarok
2. Install package for MP3 finger printing.

The Ubuntu Wiki will tell you how to install the required packages in order to get this to work on your system.
Once you have complete the installation you can use Amarok and its finger printing feature for organizing your music library.

Enjoy,
Vitaly