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Hi I am a complete noob at Ubuntu I really would like to learn it...I am on Ubuntu 14.04

i need help to install vmware or vmplayer but I don’t quite understand the written command to install it can someone please help me thanks you very much

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Step #1 On a page of 'VMware Dowloads' find "VMware Workstation Player", click 'download product' and you will see a link to .bundle-file

Step #2

In terminal type sudo sh /location/to/the/file.bundle

Step #3

Follow the installer's prompts

There is an old answer with pictures available here: https://askubuntu.com/a/392736/276974 though it's a bit out of date as it's for 12.04 and Vmware Player 6.0.1 but that doesn't matter. It should be noted that it takes a different approach than listed here to execute the bundle.

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Thank you for providing this answer, as it seems to be a more straight-forward way of installing VMWare, vs other examples and suggestions. Users should check for newer versions available. At this time, 7.0 is stable and recommended. – earthmeLon Jun 26 '15 at 20:06
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Here is how to do this successfully. follow the instruction on the link below. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Player

in entering the name of the backage, do not use spaces in between. e.g VMware 10.0.2.bundle (wrong) and VMware10.0.2.bundle (right)

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These instructions did not work for me on Ubuntu 14.04. – nightcod3r Nov 21 '16 at 11:17

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