Vmplayer5.1 (32-bit) on Ubuntu14.04 LTS 32-bit!!

How to install Vmplayer (VMware-Player-5.0.4-1945795.i386.bundle) on Ubuntu 14.04 (Kernel Version 3.13.0-83-generic) ??

1. Download vmplayer 5.0.4
2. chmod +x VMware-Player-5.0.4-1945795.i386.bundle
# ./VMware-Player-5.0.4-1945795.i386.bundle

Follow the on-screen instructions. Installation should be completed succefully.

# vmplayer
It should fail while compiling module (vmnet). Dont panic, follow below steps to fix this up and run the vmplayer successfully. 


 
$ curl http://pastie.org/pastes/8672356/download -o /tmp/vmware-netfilter.patch
$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# tar -xvf vmnet.tar
# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmware-netfilter.patch
# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
# rm -r vmnet-only
# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
 
Now run the "vmplayer" again as a root user
#vmplayer

This time vmnet module should compiled successfully and the vmplayer console should open up.

Bingo!! :)

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