Installing VMware on SUSE 10.2

[FN-GM]

Hi all,

I am newish to Linux i am getting into it and it is a very good OS and has allot more to offer than Microsoft Windows has. As you may all agree they both have there advantages and there disadvantages.

So what i am trying to do is getting VMware player to work on OpenSUSE Linux 10.2 (KDE) so i can get into Windows inside Linux, but i have a problem.

I have downloaded VMware player and saved it to the local machine. The package is .RPM format. I right clicked the package> actions > Install with YaST. It asks me for the root password what i put in. The it stalls the package copying files etc. I can't seem to find the application on the menus so i did i search still can't find it. so i went into software management via YaST control panel. I can see the application there but it has a little padlock next to it. I then right clicked it will let me keep, delete & protect. (Update is grayed out).
What am i doing wrong please?

Your help is appreciated and thanks in advanced.

[CyberNerd]

try it on the command line

su
rpm -Uhv /path/to/VMWare--player.rpm

and see what error messages you get

also you might want VMWare-server, not player unless you already have a windows image.

also Ubuntu has vmware-server repository so

 sudo apt-get install vmware-server

once the repo is added. you may find ubuntu easier (no yast though)

[FN-GM]

i have tried ubuntu but im not to keen i will try that later and let you know.

[FN-GM]

Ok i tried that code i get the following error message

error: open of /path/to/VMWare--player.rpm failed: No such file or directory

Yes i have a Windows Image installed and ready to go here.

Thanks

[CyberNerd]

Quote::
error: open of /path/to/VMWare--player.rpm failed: No such file or directory

I meant type int he path to the vmwareplayer! - you need to put in the path to the .rpm file (not what I typed) it's probably something like /home/FN-Greatermanchester/Desktop/VMWare-player.rpm

[FN-GM]

oh right i have tried that i get nothing