Unable to run VMware player 6.0.1

[oldtraveler]

I have installed VMware player on my 64bit Linux Mint 17.

I receive message that several modules must be compiled and loaded before I can run VMware player. In doing so I get the following error message while running depmod:
Unable to start services.

See log file /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-2706.log for details.

How to proceed and overcome this error?

[deleted]

Download and install (at least) 6.0.3 build-1895310
-Hinto

[oldtraveler]

Download and install (at least) 6.0.3 build-1895310
-Hinto

How to install 6.0.3? I downloaded it,but couldn't figure out how to install it.

[deleted]

How did you install the previous version?

But...

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sudo sh VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle

-Hinto

[oldtraveler]

Get following error after posting my password:

sh: 0: Can't open VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle
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bundle is located in my Downloads folder.

[deleted]

are you executing it in say your ~/Downloads directory? (where the bundle is?)

Alternatively you can mark the bundle as executable and execute it.

https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html

-H

[oldtraveler]

are you executing it in say your ~/Downloads directory? (where the bundle is?) I don't know. bundle is located in my Downloads folder.

Alternatively you can mark the bundle as executable and execute it. I don't know how to do this.

https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html

-H

My comments in red above.

[oldtraveler]

Thanks to your help I managed to get version 6.0.3 installed.

I had to cd to home/phil/Downloads first.

Now I will see if I can install a Windows OS using dvd.