Ok, I keep getting this error that it is looking for vmware already installed on my machine.
here is what I did
Code:
lowell@ubuntu:~/Desktop/vmware-mui-distrib$ sudo ./vmware*
Creating a new installer database using the tar3 format.
You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue.
Press enter to display it.
VMWARE MASTER END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
...
...
Do you accept? (yes/no) yes
Thank you.
Installing the content of the package.
Setup is unable to find the "vmware" program on your machine. Please make sure
it is installed. Do you want to specify the location of this program by hand?
[yes] yes
What is the location of the "vmware" program on your
machine? /home/lowell/vmware
The answer "/home/lowell/vmware" is invalid. It must be the complete name of a
binary file.
What is the location of the "vmware" program on your
machine?
What can I do?
EDIT: now I get this
Code:
lowell@ubuntu:~/Desktop/vmware-mui-distrib$ sudo ./vmware*
Password:
A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.
Failure
Execution aborted.
lowell@ubuntu:~/Desktop/vmware-mui-distrib$
and there is no folder named vmware in my etc folder. one folder named vmware-mui, tho
EDIT: This is my 100th post!
EDIT: I downloaded the wrong one! I got the mui (managing thingy) instead of the server.
EDIT: Ok, Now I'm getting this error.
Code:
The path "/home/lowell/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".
Execution aborted.
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