How do I install VMware Player (from a .bundle file)?

Question

I downloaded VMware Player 5.0.1, it comes in a file with .bundle extension. How do I install it?

score 71 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 14 '16 at 00:20

71

Open a terminal, cd to the directory where the file is and type

sudo sh *filename*.bundle

edited Jan 14 '16 at 00:20

Seth

answered Mar 07 '13 at 18:45

Anton Cherkashyn

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grumble grumble they couldn't have put this on the download page could they. – thecoshman Jan 12 '14 at 23:42
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anyidea how to uninstall this ??? – pkm Jul 04 '17 at 05:42

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '18 at 06:00

5

You can alternatively give execute privileges to the .bundle file. The execute it with root privileges.

chmod u+x filename.bundle
sudo ./filename.bundle

edited Aug 31 '18 at 06:00

Alpha Omega

answered Feb 03 '16 at 09:28

Anirudh

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