On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any > problems. > > Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got the error: > > Failed to execute./update command "@@BINAR@@". > railed to execute child process "@@BINARY@@" (No sudh file or directory) > > So, I uninstalled the program: >
Did you check the directories afterwards, removing any files you found related to vmware? > > root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer --list-products > Product Name Product Version > ==================== ==================== > vmware-player 17.5.0.22583795 > root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer -u vmware-player > All configuration information is about to be removed. Do you wish to > keep your configuration files? You can also input 'quit' or 'q' to > cancel uninstallation. [yes]: no > > Uninstalling VMware Installer 3.1.0 > Deconfiguring... > [######################################################################] > 100% > Uninstallation was successful. > root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# > That looks like a success ... > However, I have a bit of a problem, when I attempt: > > (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt update > [sudo] password for comp: > Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease > Hit:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm InRelease > Hit:3 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm-updates InRelease > Hit:4 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > All packages are up to date. > W: https://repo.skype.com/deb/dists/stable/InRelease: Key is stored in > legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION > section in apt-key(8) for details. > (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > E: The package virtualbox-7.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > archive for it. > (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ > If you were using virtualbox before vmware, could this be left over? Virtualbox has been removed from Debian stable versions - see https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox but I think you could pick it up from Oracle. If you've nothing that depends on either particularly, I'd recommend virt-manager and the kvm/qemu universe. Andy > Please advise. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. > https://insilicochemistry.net > (614)312-7528 (c) > Skype: smolnar1 >
