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So I needed to install VMware on my laptop, which is running Ubuntu. I didn’t want to install it from source. So I found a Canonical repository that has VMware packages. This tutorial will walk you through installing and uninstalling VMware server in Ubuntu 7.10 ( Gusty Gibbons ).

Installing VMware:

• You will want to add the repository to your source.list file.
  • sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
• Add this to the end of the file.
  • deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
• Run the following commands
  
  •  sudo apt-get update
    
  •  sudo apt-get install vmware-server

Removing VMware

• Run the following comands:
  
  • sudo apt-get remove –purge vmware-server  
  • sudo rm -r /etc/vmware