[SOLVED] How to install VMWare Workstation 7 on UBUNTU Desktop 9.10 64-bit?

tandav · 10-30-2009, 11:57 AM

Hi,

I have already downloaded VMWare Workstation 7 for my Ubuntu 9.10 x64, but I don;t know how to install it. I had tried it on Ubuntu 9.04 few months ago using the commands but the installation didn't succeed.

Someone, please help!

Thanks.

**Done_Fishin** · 11-01-2009, 06:01 AM

Is this the source of your tutorial ??

http://aldeby.org/blog/index.php/vmw...rmic-9-10.html

Quote:

VMware workstation 6.5.3 is supported only on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 and backwards. With this brief tutorial we’ll have a look on how to install it also on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. By default the installer would freeze at the “Configuring…” stage, never actually completing.

1) The first step consists in installing the program via terminal and suppressing the warnings otherwise eventually stucking the installer. BitOBear has provided a more in depth explanation of what’s behind the scenes for the installer to stop.

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tandav · 11-01-2009, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

Is this the source of your tutorial ??

http://aldeby.org/blog/index.php/vmw...rmic-9-10.html

Hi,

I got it installed successfully. I downloaded the VMWare Workstation 7 and put a copy on the desktop and i type sudo sh 'filename' and then everything went very well.

Thanks!

**Done_Fishin** · 11-01-2009, 08:51 AM

anyone interested the explanation is here

http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...tu-bundle.html

Quote:

I just downloaded the .bundle from the vmware site file for my Ubuntu 8.10 . So what to do next? I’m used to “apt-get install”. But this is a .bundle file, so no apt-get for this application. Well the answer was really simple just run the bundle file:

* sudo sh VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.i386.bundle

for vmware player do the following:

* sudo sh VMware-Player-2.5.1-126130.i386.bundle

For newbies, save the .bundle file from the vmware site onto your ubuntu desktop. Start terminal by going to the menu APPLICATIONS>ACCESSORIES> TERMINAL
then navigate to the desktop by typing dir, enter (you will see a list of items one of them is Desktop (note the capital D). So you type cd Desktop and press enter. You must write Desktop with capital D because linux unlike windows takes into consideration case of the names of files and folders.
Then copy paste the text above according to your version, and press enter. Terminal will prompt you for your password.. and it will be installed.

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