Can't install VMware Server after Player

[Phil Bieber]

On 5/16/07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I installed Feisty, I chose the VMware Player as one option, just
> to have a play. However, I never used it - it's too limited for the
> sorts of things I do. So I removed it and tried to install VMware
> Server, which is a free download from EMC. It's also in the Universe
> repo.
>
> However, it won't install, claiming that another VMware product is
> installed. There is an optional script to remove an existing product,
> but it doesn't help.
>
> I can't install either my download or from the repos. I've tried
> reinstalling Player and then removing it with the "complete" option in
> Synaptic, to remove config files & so on as well. No difference.
>
> Can anyone tell me what settings or files I need to purge so that I
> can install it?
>
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Hi!
I experienced something similar. Here's what I did:
Open a terminal:
$sudo su
$updatedb
$locate vmware

This shows you all files with vmware in their names. Remove them
(unless you know, you need them, like install files and such...). If I
recall correctly, you have to remove the /etc/vmware directory, but I
don't have my KUbuntu Box handy and can't check....

Cheers
Philipp Bieber

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