How do I uninstall after a bad install ?
I installed the VMware Player RPM on a Fedora 8 system. All looked like it went well, until I tried to run it.

I told it /usr/bin/vmware, and got:
bash: /usr/bin/vmware: No such file or directory

I tried uninstalling it,
rpm -e vmwareplayer

only to be told
error: package vmwareplayer is not installed

So I tried installing it again, only to be told that it was already installed.

So I located vmware:
locate mvware

and got this:

This shows that something happened when the installation was done, but I cannot tell from this where to adjust something so I can try again.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Edit/Delete Message

How did you install VMware? What is the exact command? Check the history if in doubt.

Try a yum remove vmware if you installed it via yum.

If you used an RPM file and installed via rpm, the erase option wants the full name of the rpm file from which you installed, including the .rpm at the end (if it had one).

As an aside, support for Fedora 8 was terminated at least six months ago, and support for F9 will be dropped next month.

I had the exact same trouble with F8 64bit
tried one of the native linux versions of virtualiztions
qmeu or xen will let you run a full blown , disk installed OS inside a virtual machine right on your linux box
not some preconfigured appliance

try it

but be warned

Fedora 8 worked very well and i was quite content with it until
my folly made me try one of them virtual boxes that i tweaked up to match my host box
and crashed my beloved fedora 8 and now because of the non working fedora 8 repos i cannot go back
i have to use this crappy Fedora 10 which crashes all the time
but is still better than the fedora 11 or nine

be warned

let virtual box be less than host box

Thank you all for your kind support. I am currently waiting for the individual who owns the machine to bring it back so I can use your suggestions on it, rather than guess in its absence. I expect that will be tomorrow.\

The installaion was by RPM -ivh (rpmfile)
I recall trying to uninstall by RPM -E (rpmfile) and it failing, but I will verify that when it comes back in.

But for ehdwuld, no, you don't have to use F10 if you are having trouble with it. There is nothing wrong with the F8 repositories. I use Fs 9, 10 and 11 to try the new experimental stuff, but use F8 to get real work done. Just last week I installed F8 in a virtual machine, from an installation DVD burned in Nov. 07, and it is fully updated and working beautifully.

End of support doesn't mean it is dead. It means new versions of programs are no longer added to the repos.

Just put a fresh HD in and disconnect your current one so you don't mess up your F10 installation, then install F8 from a boot CD, an installation DVD or from a Live CD. All the repos are there and you can install everything they ever had and update it to January of 09.

Enjoy.

oh ..........
well dang
don't I feel silly

thanks

Edit
how did you get the rpm fusion repos to work ?
livna? something else
cause livna looks empty from here

When I went for RPM Fusion Free they claimed they didn't support F8 because it has reached its end of life. Well, it certainly has not reached its end of life. It has only reached the end of new development.

So I simply copied the repo from the yum.repos.d and pki of an older F8 and pasted them in the new one. And guess what, the repo is there, and my new F8 installed thing from it, such as Kplayer.

Do you have an older F8 you can copy from, or would you like me to paste it here ?

oh well naw i dont have an F8 running
i appreciate it
what your gonna paste the entire repo?
oh just the code to add to the repo directory
oh

yes please

thank you

Since this is a place to paste text, not files, and the contents of the repo files is so voluminous, perhaps This might be a good time send the files to you as a private email. If others are interested then I will post a link location.

Thank you all very much!
I did get it resolved.

I tried rpm -e (the full rpmfile name) and it said it was not installed. So I downloaded the .bundle verion instead of the .rpm version and double clicked it and it uninstalled the old version attempt and reinstalled.

All is well again

Mr. Ehdwuld, have you checked your forum mail ?