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Old 08-28-2004, 11:58 AM   #1
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vmware.rar extracting and installing

Hi I have a vmware package in ".rar" archive I am using Slackware 10, how should I extract and install vmware workstation?

I downloaded beta version "unrar" but I wasn't able to do so.

Could anyone please tell me how should I go about extracting and installing this .rar package.

Thanks!
 
Old 08-28-2004, 01:51 PM   #2
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Where did you obtain that? Vmware usually offers two types for vmware workstation on their site last I checked. They were rpm and tgz.
 
Old 08-28-2004, 01:58 PM   #3
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I got it through a virtual medium, if you can tell me how to unzip and install any usual ".rar" archive in Slackware I would appreciate it.
 
Old 08-28-2004, 02:03 PM   #4
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If unrar was unable to extract it then the file is probably corrupted. You could grab a tarball from vmware's site and tar -zxvf. Problem solved.
 
Old 08-28-2004, 04:36 PM   #5
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No, it did get extracted but then I was left with 4 .zip files! What to do with them??
 
Old 08-28-2004, 07:06 PM   #6
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.zip files can be extracted with unzip
 
Old 08-28-2004, 07:32 PM   #7
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I am totally aware of that man, but once I extract one thing I get few more archived packages.
I am unable to find the "install" file which will install this emulator.
 
Old 08-28-2004, 09:53 PM   #8
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Oh c'mon this forum is not that dumb or is it???
 
Old 08-28-2004, 10:47 PM   #9
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If you have a .rar of VMware you obviously obtained a pirated version probably off some w4r3z k1dd13 irc channel.
 
Old 08-29-2004, 02:07 AM   #10
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It's not a question of dumb or not. We've thought of and answered all possible answers. Your version is not official, that's a fact Get the real .tgz and you will have no problem.
 
Old 08-29-2004, 12:11 PM   #11
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any stray donkey can figure that out!
 
Old 08-29-2004, 06:03 PM   #12
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hahahahaha DONE Problem SOLVED!!!
 
  


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