Sounds like you need to purge it and reinstall. Did you have any other VMware products installed before this?
** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- package configuration failure leads to reconfiguring every time a package gets installed https://launchpad.net/bugs/62602 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs