vmware-player package is broken and cannot be removed

[Jordan]

Binary package hint: vmware-player

I installed vmware-player on Feisty and I got an error ( which I unfortunately forgot to save ) I then tried to remove vmware-player at which point I got this output from apt:

Removing vmware-player ...
Stopping VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
   Virtual ethernet failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernet done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Now, when I try to use apt for anything, even "installing" an application I already have the newest version of I get an error ( and waste > a minute and have to press y <return> a few times just to get it ) which is very irritating:

$ sudo apt-get install bb
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bb is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up vmware-player (1.0.2-2) ...
Now configuring VMware Player. (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 192.168.211.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf that this program was about to install
already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.119.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] y

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernet done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Mark Reitblatt (mark-reitblatt)]

Thanks for reporting this bug, but it already seems to have been reported as Bug #57957. Please feel free to report any other bugs that you find.