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how do i get a browser to run as my Vm (ubuntu + rails dev stack ) Machine only has a command prompt

i have sucessfully installed a VMware player  on a win 7 host  ,downloaded and installed a BITNAMI UBUTU 10.1  + RUBY RAILSDEV  (1.9 & 3) VIRTUAL BITNAMI MACHINE IN THE VM PLAYER
ruby ,gems ,rails  aLlworking  and run the rails server command  and received the  output in the terminal  that  the server is running and according the the various rails .org tutorials  I should now open up  my browser to local host 0.0.0.0: 3000 and see the  ruby rails  welcome page  but ...  how do i get a browser to run as my VN Machine  only has a command prompt  ??
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You can connect Via
the Links or Lynx commands for example.

But StartX would be the better way.

Alternatively you could make your VM network accessible and connect from your workstation.
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Thank you  to louisreevesVirtalicious

I have tried  startx  .. command not found  so I deduce that i am" headless" ie server only and that there is no GUI  in the  bitnami ruby rails  stack  VM machine  ,which is fair enough

so could you elaborate  a little please  (Virtalicious) so i can get to work and at last see rails  say "Hello  world "

 a)  if  I make the Vm network accessable  doe that mean I can see the  Ruby served pages  on my host machines browsers  via http///   local host  -3000  or a similar .(the script command in rails will i presume indicate this as before
b)  how do i make the VM as you say  network  accessible ( I am using VM player 3 .1.3

thanks in advance
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