VMware... Problems? (solved!)
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VMware... Problems? (solved!)
OK, so I've been a linux user for over 20 years. Started with RedHat, then Debian, Ubuntu, Debian again, Fedora, Open SUSE. I'm now trying Mint, mainly because my wife wants it to be easy to use. I've always run VMware Player (free version, 1 Virtual Machine. I cannot get it to install in Mint. Doing the command line install, it keeps saying the VMware install program doesn't exist. I can check the "run" box in the gui, and it proceeds to open the bundle. Let's see, it's been 7 hours of watching the line crawl, and it's still less than 25%. confused?
Last edited by Gnigma on Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: VMware... Problems?
7 hours? That's not right. I don't use the GUI method
You may have to do this first:
No harm to do if not needed.
Then in directory where the bundle is located open a terminal:
It's pretty quick, I think under 3 minutes.
To be honest the last time I did it, all I did was:
You may have to do this first:
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Then in directory where the bundle is located open a terminal:
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chmod +x VMware-Player-Full-17*.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Player-Full-17*.bundle
To be honest the last time I did it, all I did was:
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sudo ./VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle
Re: VMware... Problems?
Well, that seems to have worked! I didn't know about opening the terminal IN the directory. I just had to ask the right person! Thanks!