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I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and now if I want to open VMware Player it doesn't do anything. I also uninstalled and installed it again, still nothing.

What can I do?

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The solution below applies to versions of VMWare prior to 12.1.0. The 12.1.0 version of VMWare does not require this fix.

VMWare and VMPlayer are in fact looking for a specific library string. You can execute VMWare/VMPlayer from the terminal by executing

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

then vmware or vmplayer

I made this a permanent change on my system by executing instead

executing sudo nano /usr/bin/vmware and adding the line

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1

after the line export PRODUCT_NAME...

Press ctrl+o to save and ctrl+x to exit: VMWare will now work.

To perform the same function for VMPlayer, execute the same changes to /usr/bin/vmplayer

Charles Green
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  • This is just a third party indicating that the above works. Be cautious of line breaks in the quoted commands. Also, have your key ready. It needed me to reenter my key. Fortunately, I still had that saved. Don't forget - if Charles helped you out, make sure you mark their answer as solving the problem. – KGIII Oct 23 '15 at 23:07
  • @KGIII I didn't need to re-enter my key, although I do have it handy for those times I reinstall! – Charles Green Oct 24 '15 at 01:14
  • Glad it worked for you. Don't forget to accept the answer (assuming it did work for you). I'd been trying to figure out the same thing and had just figured I'd re-install later but then I saw your post and watched it. Fortunately Mr. Green has figured it out for us. – KGIII Oct 24 '15 at 01:20
  • @KGIII I picked it up from a post in the vmware community forum actually - you can read the post here – Charles Green Oct 24 '15 at 02:21
  • Interesting read, thanks. I've noted the forum and will keep it bookmarked. – KGIII Oct 24 '15 at 02:29
  • I tried what you said and I got this: http://i.imgur.com/IUHJ0Ok.png – 123 Oct 24 '15 at 10:05
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    @Lurrdock This is actually a separate problem, but VMWare requires several items to be present - this is its nice way of asking. You will need to execute sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic at a minimum. I would suggest starting a new question about this. – Charles Green Oct 24 '15 at 13:53
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    I have the same problem, but this solution doesn't seem to be enough. I am able to launch wmplayer, then it asks me to compile and install several modules. When I authorize it, it gives me a lot of errors like (vmware-gksu:7071): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Two different plugins tried to register 'BasicEngineFc'.

    (vmware-gksu:7071): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

     – marcosh Oct 29 '15 at 22:48
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    this worked for me http://askubuntu.com/questions/691715/vmware-player-on-ubuntu-15-10 – mango Dec 02 '15 at 12:29
  • @mango's link worked well for me. specifically this answer. – Cory Jul 28 '17 at 18:04