I attempted to install. I have included the additional repository and was able to update apt-get update . Attempting to install I received the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player [sudo] password for martinjj: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: lib64gcc1 libc6-amd64 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: vmware-player 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/67.9MB of archives. After unpacking 190MB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! vmware-player Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 211140 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb) ... vmware-player-v2-0-1 license has already been accepted dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/devices/printer.png', which is also in package xfprint4 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1%3a2.0.2-1~ppa2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I am confused what did I do incorrectly -- vmware-player not installable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135358 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
