E: Unable to locate package VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle

Question

I'm trying to install VMWare Player. I've downloaded .bundle file in ~/Downloads. To install I switched to root account, changed directory to ~/Downloads and ran apt-get install VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle. But I'm getting:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle'

How do I install VMWare successfully?

@Kulfy I'm not sure this qualifies since OP in that question is asking how to I install and then custom-patch it with a custom script they have. — Thomas Ward, Oct 30 '19 at 19:54
@Kulfy I agree with that assessment but most users won't see it because they never read past the original accepted answer on dupe posts. (Hopefully my bounty will raise awareness to the proper other answer when I can award it) — Thomas Ward, Oct 30 '19 at 19:58
@ThomasWard Now since the posts have been un-merged, should it be considered as dupe of this? — Kulfy, Oct 31 '19 at 16:01

Thomas Ward · Answer 1 · 2019-01-05T20:56:08.510

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That VMware bundle can't be installed with apt-get. It's its own standalone installer package.

Run chmod +x on the bundle, then execute it with sudo ./VMware-Player-*.bundle

This is the only way to run the VMware installer, as it is NOT an apt compatible package, but its own installation package that runs itself on its own.

edited Jan 05 '19 at 20:56

answered Jan 05 '19 at 20:22

Thomas Ward

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KK Patel · Answer 2 · 2019-01-06T10:23:48.330

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You need to give installer permission to execute and run it.

chmod +x Vmware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle

Now you would be run it.

./Vmware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle

edited Jan 06 '19 at 10:23

answered Jan 05 '19 at 20:17

KK Patel

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That only works on Debian packages, not VMware's .bundle installers as they are not Debian packages. – Thomas Ward Jan 05 '19 at 20:22

E: Unable to locate package VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle

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