How to install VMware -

[Reindl Harald]

Am 07.08.2013 17:47, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni:
> On 07/08/13 11:35, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash drive:
>>> VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how to use it assuming it is the right file? I also have a key to go with it but have not been
>>> able to find any useful [to me] instructions
>> normally these are .bundle files which you simply execute with
>> "bash VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.bundle"
>> which starts a graphical installer
>>
>> *how large* is this .txt file?
>> maybe someone renamed it, but extensions are pointless on Unix, so see above
>>
> Yes it's a large script file, why they tag the .txt on the end I dunno.

*they* did *not* tag it as .txt

i am VMware user since many years, you statet the same version installed
here and they are *always* .bundle files and had never .txt as extension

this was mangeled by whoever gave you the download

> [bobg at box10 LIVE]$ ll
> total 390896
> -rw-r--r--. 1 bobg bobg 400273548 Aug  6 17:15 VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt
> 
> It looks like so:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
> #
> # VMware Installer Launcher
> #
> # This is the executable stub to check if the VMware Installer Service
> # is installed and if so, launch it.  If it is not installed, the
> # attached payload is extracted, the VMIS is installed, and the VMIS
> # is launched to install the bundle as normal

so simply execute it and you are done - did you read what you posted?


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