VMware Server issue

[JAFN]

So i now have my new system built and i am trying to get VM ware installed and working. has anyone seen this before?

sudo apt-get install vmware-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
vmware-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/79.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 131MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 117539 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-server (from .../vmware-server_1.0.4-1gutsy2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-server_1.0.4-1gutsy2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/vm-support', which is also in package vmwareplayer
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-server_1.0.4-1gutsy2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Snowhog]

Re: VMware Server issue

It appears that you have VMware Player already installed. I'm not sure, but I don't think you can have both, the player and the server installed at the same time. If it's the server you really want, I'd suggest uninstalling the player first.

[Fintan]

Re: VMware Server issue

Snowhog has a point. I never install anything vmware from the repos. Just get the latest version from:
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
unpack it and run:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

from a terminal in the extracted folder.

This will automatically uninstall any older version or player before it tries to install itself.

I word of humble advice. Running your quest OS with player is much faster. So install your guest with server and then install player to run the guest.
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

I hope this points you in the right direction