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hey I'm a n00b, I was trying to install VMware but got this issue, here is what happened:

[root@x-6-0-b0-d0-87-19-c3 root]# /home/yerma/vmware-distrib/vmware-install.pl                                                                                
Creating a new installer database using the tar3 format.

Installing the content of the package.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] /usr/bin

Unable to change the access rights of the file /usr/bin/vmware-ping.

Execution aborted.

[root@x-6-0-b0-d0-87-19-c3 root]#

Did I do something wrong? or what?

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dude, its only been an hour. chill out. while you are waiting for somebody who knows to help, help yourself. their are plenty of places online that have help pages for this, and most of all the man is your friend.

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dude, its only been an hour. chill out. while you are waiting for somebody who knows to help, help yourself. their are plenty of places online that have help pages for this, and most of all the man is your friend.

First of all I searched over and over and still searching for an answer. 2nd, at the time of your posting, it's been 5 hrs since I posted it. (different time zone?)

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Are you installing it as Root or Admin?

as root. I didn't know there was an admin account :huh: , or is that just the regular user account?

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I think that OSX has "admin" as an account type. I haven't played with OSX, but I have heard OSXers say that they log in as "admin" for most of their stuff, and that "root" is a level higher. So being admin for them is like an "almost root" on linux.

Need to confirm this with an OSXer, though, as I am just mindlessly repeating what I have heard. :pinch: :wacko:

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Now why exactly would I do that? :laugh:

I'll give you 3 reasons:

1. Because Windows doesn't suck.

2. Because vmware in Windows doesn't suck.

3. Because you can actually install vmware in Windows without having to go through this idiocy.

Seriously, though. I'm in the middle of installing Fedora in a vm in Windows. Give it a try. However, since I can't do anything about your fetishistic attachment to Linux:

I was going to say "you need to do this as root", but you're in as root. So... uh... :huh:

Take a look at the install script and see what exactly it's trying to do to vmware-ping. Try setting those permissions manually or deleting the file and allowing the installer to recreate it.

Or, at the risk of angering vmware's corporate lawyer-gods, you could post the relevant bit of the install script and we'll ooh and aah over it.

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