j@sfz-laptop:~/deb/vmware$ ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 j j 4096 2008-10-11 11:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 j j 4096 2008-10-11 11:14 ..
drwxr-xr-x 12 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 vmware-distrib
drwxr-xr-x 12 j j 4096 2008-08-09 07:17 vmware-distrib (2)
j@sfz-laptop:~/deb/vmware$ cd vmware-distrib
j@sfz-laptop:~/deb/vmware/vmware-distrib$ ls -la
total 508
drwxr-xr-x 12 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 j j 4096 2008-10-11 11:14 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:26 etc
-r--r--r-- 1 j j 464292 2008-08-09 06:27 FILES
drwxr-xr-x 2 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 installer
drwxr-xr-x 22 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 lib
drwxr-xr-x 3 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 man
drwxr-xr-x 2 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:27 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 3 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:26 system_etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:26 usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 j j 23 2008-10-11 11:10 vmware-install.pl -> bin/vmware-uninstall.pl
drwxr-xr-x 3 j j 4096 2008-08-09 06:26 vmware-vix
j@sfz-laptop:~/deb/vmware/vmware-distrib$ sudo vmware-install.pl
[sudo] password for j:
sudo: vmware-install.pl: command not found

but it doesnot work either! thanks!!

sudo ./vmware-install.pl ?

what you mean?

ok!!　i get it!　thanks!!i forgot " ./ " thanks!!

but what does this mean????/

What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc]

what should i do next?? thanks

i think i just do what it told me which is "/etc"

thanks, no matter what it prompts me , i all said "yes" and it is done but what is the differences between VMWare player and VMWare station?
thanks

player = free, limited functionality
station = commercial, full functionality
I think the major difference from a practical point of view is in the vmware-tools package. This is a set of extra drivers that greatly improve performance of your vm images. They are easy to install in the station version but the player version requires a bit of fiddling. You may want to consider vmware-server, which is also free and sits somewhere in between these two. Note that you cannot have both player and server installed at the same time.

oh thanks!

dear guys!
i registered VMWare and get a license and 4 serial number which there are 2 the same, and i tyoe it in the VMWare ,it saids "The serial number entered did not match any licenses."

why this happened? is there somthing i did wrong? thanks!

License? Did you get the server edition after all? The last time I installed the player edition, registration was not required. The keys should work, though. It's not clear what happened. Maybe try obtaining a new set of keys.