vmware-player not installable

[Niklas M]

Binary package hint: vmware-player

In gutsy the vmware-player is not installable because of broken package.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vmware-player: Depends: vmware-player-kernel-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

I have checked the repositorys I am using and I have enabled all the once that are included with standard gutsy upgrade.

//Niklas

[Lionel Porcheron (lionel.porcheron)]

Confirming this bug.

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

vmware-player-kernel-modules depends vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.16.20-15 but only -2.16.15-23 is in the archives.

[ouellettesr (koxxv)]

Confirming this bug as well.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

vmware-player 2.0.1 and updated linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 can be found in my ppa

just add this to your sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy restricted multiverse

then
apt-get install vmware-player

[donteatthefish (justinvathje)]

@Cedric Schieli

can i get more info? i added it, but still when i type in "apt-get install vmware-player" i get the same error

"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vmware-player: Depends: vmware-player-kernel-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages"

i did an sudo apt-get update, and still i cant install, i did update to the vm kernel and again to luck

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

indeed

please try with :
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse

[sancheztavo (sancheztavo)]

Cedric, just downloaded from that repository and tested with an old image and seems to work with no problems, ethernet and sound also worked ok and fast.

the only thing that is missing is a link in the gnome menu, as it appeared in feisty

[Dominic Baranski (dominic-baranski)]

Problem still exists exactly as described, workaround does the job though. Thanks Cedric!

[Alwin Garside (yogarine)]

So will the updated package make it to multiverse in time for 7.10 final?

[Yeti (ludvikjan)]

Hi!

By install vmware-player from this source I have second problem:

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor failed
   Virtual ethernet failed
Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded before
running this script.

invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: chyba pri spracovávaní vmware-player (--configure):
 podproces post-installation script vrátil chybový kód 1
Počas spracovania sa vyskytli chyby:
 vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[wannes (wannes)]

@ Yeti
That is the error I also had when upgrading to a newer kernel (2.6.22-13)? If you downgrade to 2.6.22-12 all should be well.

Is this package going to be kept up to date? Wil there be an official fix for this package (in universe) when gutsy is released?

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

An updated package has been uploaded to my ppa and will appear soon in the repository.

I'll try to keep this up to date after gutsy release if necessary, but I hope something can be done officialy

[tbjablin (tjablin)]

How could this be declined for Gutsy? Isn't there some sort of policy in place that says all packages should be installable? Will it at least be documented in the release notes that vmware-player is no longer working?

[Bart Verwilst (verwilst)]

I think it's better to have a not-so-well-tested version of something that at least installs and works for several people, than something that's just not installable/usable _at all_.

[Sulnudu (i-launchpad-kaarefc-dk)]

It seems vmware-player is removed from gutsy entirely:

See bug 151424.

I hope we can expect a vmware-player 2.0 package pretty quickly.

[beavis (2006-bdam)]

Today's linux-ubuntu-modules 2.6.22-14.36 do actually already have a
fix for this issue =)
Great work!

http://<email address hidden>/msg09716.html

Adam

On 10/12/07, Sulnudu <email address hidden> wrote:
> It seems vmware-player is removed from gutsy entirely:
>
> See bug 151424.
>
> I hope we can expect a vmware-player 2.0 package pretty quickly.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

No, modules that went into linux-ubuntu-modules 2.6.22-14.36 are those from vmware-tools (for inside the _guest_).
vmware-player still requires _host_ modules to run

[Giovanni Lovato (heruan)]

I added "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse" in my sources.list, but trying to install vmware-player I get:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vmware-player: Depends: libssl0.9.7 but it is not installable

I have installed libssl0.9.8, I think there's a missing (>= 0.9.7) flag in package dependencies!

[Christian Page (mudfly)]

I am confirming what Giovanni Lovato wrote:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vmware-player: Depends: libssl0.9.7 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

Yes, I'm working on an updated package.
It should be available tomorrow.

Cedric

2007/10/16, Christian Page <email address hidden>:
>
> I am confirming what Giovanni Lovato wrote:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> vmware-player: Depends: libssl0.9.7 but it is not installable
> E: Broken packages
>
> --
> vmware-player not installable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135358
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Giovanni Lovato (heruan)]

Thank you for the updated package, but now I get: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/974/
Maybe it depends to my installation, maybe there's something wrong in the package... I don't know :)

[Giovanni Lovato (heruan)]

I notice the package installed a "2.6.22-12-rt" kernel modules, but I'm running "2.6.22-14-generic" kernel.
I guess the issue it's related to this...

[Giovanni Lovato (heruan)]

It works like a charm, thank you!
The only thing is that "apt-get upgrade" keeps telling me that there is a new version of vmware-player and then reconfigure it every time...

[Tim van Dijk (timvandijk)]

I installed your packages, and that went fine, but when I try to run vmplayer I get this error:

Laden van afbeeldingslader /build/mts/release/bora-55017/bora/build/release/ws/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so mislukt: /build/mts/release/bora-55017/bora/build/release/ws/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

In English:

Loading of image loader (...) failed: (...): cannot open etc.

Looks like it's looking for a shared library in the wrong place, but I have no idea how to fix it. Any ideas?

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

Tim,

Which version of my package are you using ? (older ones have dependencies problems)
What is your architecture ? (amd64 may have dependencies problems)
What distrib are you using ? (ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu)

Do you have libgtk2.0-0 installed ?

[Tim van Dijk (timvandijk)]

I'm using Ubuntu for amd64 (Core 2 Quad Q6600). I just installed it from the alternative CD yesterday (needed text-based install because of my GeForce 8800), and haven't installed much else yet. I can give you exact versions when I get home later, and whether I have libgtk installed; though I can tell you I probably don't if it's not installed by default.

[Björn Lundberg (bjl-kth)]

I get the same error (I guess) as Tim, using your package:

vmware-player 1:2.0.1-1~ppa6 (and the same kernel modules)

Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-55017/bora/build/release/ws/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-55017/bora/build/release/ws/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10

~$ uname -a
Linux PC-2180 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ find /usr -name libpixbufloader-png.so
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
/usr/lib/vmware-player/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so

[Tim van Dijk (timvandijk)]

Package versions:

vmware-player & vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.22-14: 1:2.0.1-1~ppa6 (update manager tells me to keep updating to the same version of vmware-player, like Giovanni reported before).
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-14-generic, linux-restricted-modules-common: 2.6.22.6-14.1~ppa1

 I have libgtk2.0-0 installed.

For "uname -r" and a search for libpixbufloader-png.so I get the exact same result as Björn above me.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

This sounds like a 64bit-only problem.
I've rolled out a 64bit specific package based on upstream 64bit tarball. Can you test with this one ?

[Richard Ayotte (rich-ayotte)]

I just tried the new package and vmware-player is still in a perpetual upgrade loop. Other than that, the package works great on my 64bit system. Thank you for all your work.

[Richard Ayotte (rich-ayotte)]

Here's what I get when I try to install the second time.

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 124328 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace vmware-player 1:2.0.1-1~ppa7 (using .../vmware-player_1%3a2.0.1-1~ppa7_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
   Host network detection done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 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: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
   Host network detection done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 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 /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.1-1~ppa7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernet done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
   Host network detection done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.1-1~ppa7_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

The re-install loop is a more general problem, either in apt or in launchpad (see Bug 152317)

For the failed re-install, I can't reproduce it.
Can you purge the package, install it, then issue /etc/init.d/vmware stop ?
If "Virtual ethernet" keeps failing, can you issue rmmod vmnet manually ?

[Richard Ayotte (rich-ayotte)]

Yes, you're right.

I noticed that /usr/bin/vmnet-natd was running so I killed it and the
re-install worked afterwards. My VM was not completely shutdown when I
initially re-installed and it caused the vmnet-natd to hang on to the vmnet
module.

Thanks again,

Rich

On 10/20/07, Cedric Schieli <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> The re-install loop is a more general problem, either in apt or in
> launchpad (see Bug 152317)
>
> For the failed re-install, I can't reproduce it.
> Can you purge the package, install it, then issue /etc/init.d/vmware stop
> ?
> If "Virtual ethernet" keeps failing, can you issue rmmod vmnet manually ?
>
> --
> vmware-player not installable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135358
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Tim van Dijk (timvandijk)]

I updated to the new versions of the packages and it worked right away. Thanks a lot, Cedric. :)

[Artur Flinta (aflinta-gmail)]

Hi!

Thanks for this great package, but I have small problem with networking, vmnet-dhcpd service doesn't start. When I run it manually with required parameters ie.: /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8 then all is OK, but shouldn't it start automatically?

[martinjj (joe-deltx)]

I attempted to install. I have included the additional repository and was able to update apt-get update . Attempting to install I received the following:
martinjj@Dellv:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player
[sudo] password for martinjj:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  lib64gcc1 libc6-amd64
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  vmware-player
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/67.9MB of archives.
After unpacking 190MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  vmware-player
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 211140 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb) ...
vmware-player-v2-0-1 license has already been accepted
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/devices/printer.png', which is also in package xfprint4
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I am confused what did I do incorrectly

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

Artur,

An updated package that fixes this has just been uploaded and should be built soon.

Martin,

There seems to be a conflict beetween my package and xfce. I will investigate on this.

[Cedric Schieli (cschieli)]

Martin,

An updated package with a fix for your conflict has been uploaded and built.

[Artur Flinta (aflinta-gmail)]

Cedric, thanks!
Now it is working great :)
Moreover, kernel modules disappears from updates list, and only vmware-player left.

[martinjj (joe-deltx)]

I received the same error about 30 mins ago
Unisntalled xprint4 - not sure why I had it and install was a dream Thanks for your work
martinjj@Dellv:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for martinjj:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic
  linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-12-generic
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
martinjj@Dellv:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-viewer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package vmware-viewer
martinjj@Dellv:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  lib64gcc1 libc6-amd64
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  vmware-player
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/67.9MB of archives.
After unpacking 190MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  vmware-player
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 211140 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb) ...
vmware-player-v2-0-1 license has already been accepted
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/devices/printer.png', which is also in package xfprint4
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
martinjj@Dellv:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.co...

[Jo Vermeulen (jozilla)]

Will there be no official fix at all in Ubuntu 7.10? I can't use my VMWare images anymore since I upgraded to Gutsy ...

[Artur Flinta (aflinta-gmail)]

Jo, why just don't use packages provided by Cedric, instead of waiting for the official ones?

[LCID Fire (lcid-fire)]

Cedrics packages work like a charm. Thanks.
Although this should be fixed in gutsy because otherwise it gives a bad expression of the distro.

[beavis (2006-bdam)]

On my machine there seems not to be an error but apt keeps telling me I still have one package to install which is vmwapre-player. So every day apt reinstalls the same package here.
Cedric what could be the reason for this issue?

[Eddy Mulyono (eddymul)]

I am having the same problems as beavis: after I installed vmware-player, synaptic kept telling that I need to update it to the same version.

[LCID Fire (lcid-fire)]

Same here.

[Mike (bild85)]

Off Topic - This bug encouraged me to try VirtualBox which is open-source. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles (no USB...yet), but very impressive performance so far. Good enough for me to switch. Sorry for the plug but I thought others might benifit.

[ouellettesr (koxxv)]

I have no problems on Ubuntu Gutsy with the FREE Vmware-Server 1.04 using the latest any-any update.

What happens for me is the install script quits halfway through, you apply the any-any update below and it will restart the install script for you and finish the installation.

Works Perfect Everytime.

http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update114.tar.gz

[ouellettesr (koxxv)]

I forgot to include that you get the Free Vmware-Server right from the vmware website. All you have to do is register for the free serial number. And yes its free, and yes i know its weird.

[Patrick (patrick-schless-com)]

Thanks for the package! I need to run MSSQL for work, so it has been a big problem for me since I upgraded to 7.10 last week.

I was able to get it installed (I think), but I get an error during config (below). Apt-get fails, but I am still able to run vmware alright. The only issue is, when I try to install something else with apt-get, it tries again to configure vmware, which is very annoying (because it always fails). It fails on bridged networking.

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernet done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed
   Host network detection done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 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)

[shaggy (slimshaggy)]

I have got vmware installed, thanx to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware-player/+bug/135358/comments/4

It installed seamless and works well, but synaptic wants to upgrade the vmware-player package from version 1:2.0.2-1~ppa5 to version 1:2.0.2-1~ppa5. And yes, its like i wrote, the same version. I followed the upgrade ones, but it remains in that state.

[Matthew Ernisse (mernisse-deactivatedaccount)]

re: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware-player/+bug/135358/comments/51

I can confirm this behaviour on 2 boxes running 7.10.

[mezhaka (mezhaka)]

I appended the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy restricted multiverse
then
I did
$ sudo apt-get update
and
$ sudo apt-get install v
but:
$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package vmware-player

can you see where am I wrong in this sequence?

[Terence Simpson (tsimpson)]

mezhaka wrote:
> I appended the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy restricted multiverse
> then
> I did
> $ sudo apt-get update
> and
> $ sudo apt-get install v
> but:
> $ sudo apt-get install vmware-player
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Couldn't find package vmware-player
>
> can you see where am I wrong in this sequence?
>
>
PPAs no longer have restricted/universe/multiverse, just main.
If you are using the ppa repository you should change the line to:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy main

[mezhaka (mezhaka)]

thanks Terence, it helped.

[Valentin Neacsu (valentin.neacsu)]

Why does it always say I have a new update for VMware Player version 1:2.0.2-1~ppa5 to 1:2.0.2-1~ppa5 (same version). If I update, nothing gets downloaded, it reinstalls VMware Player and keeps saying I have a new update. Anyone care to explain? I'm using the repository posted above.

[Matthew Ernisse (mernisse-deactivatedaccount)]

For everyone who is having the issue with the PPA continually trying to update 1:2.0.2-1~ppa5, it appears this is already a known bug with the PPA build process. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/165230)

[shaggy (slimshaggy)]

Is this bug going to get status WONTFIX or something?

[AlexGenaud (alexgenaud)]

I already have vmware-server installed via apt-get. I had some trouble with a particular image (created with a config that has more features) and thought the vmware player might be more up to date. Had some trouble installing vmware-player (hence I am here). Installing via cshieli's repository requires removing vmware-server. Is there *any* advantage?

[Paulo Avelar (phavelar)]

Hi, I have 10.10amd64 bit,

I added this to my sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy main

here is what I get while trying to install:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vmware-player : Depends: libssl0.9.7 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
paulo@paulo-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player

I have libssl0.9.8 ... so not working. any idea on how to fix this? thanks in advance.

[Darik Horn (dajhorn)]

Paulo: libssl0.9.7 is incompatible with libssl0.9.8, and the kernel modules for a gutsy-era VMware Player won't compile for the Maverick kernel regardless.

The vmware-player package is not currently published in the Ubuntu partner repository. You'll get a better result installing from upstream:

  http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_downloads/vmware_player/3_0

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.