I want to uninstall VMware Player on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system. How should I uninstall it?
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sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
This issue has been discussed previously over here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1364485
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sudo vmware-installer -l
sudo vmware-installer -u PRODUCT-NAME
With the first command, you can see what products you have. With the second, you can choose which product to uninstall. For instance, to uninstall VMware Player, please enter this in a terminal window:
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
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Lorenzo Lerate
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sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
Used to uninstall complete vmware-workstation package including vmware-player.
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I had to change the command line Lorenzo Lerate provided to make it work for me for version 12.5.6:
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
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The official documentation states you have to run this:
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
Billal BEGUERADJ
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Uninstalling VMware in linux machine
Use command with root permission to uninstall
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
if you removed some files before using above command the command will not work properly
For this issue: Reinstall VMware workstation again
sudo ./VMware-Player-Full-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle
and use this command again :)
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
Jagadeesh
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I was also confused in uninstalling but these commands work for me:
- sudo vmware-installer -l(it gives the product name)
- sudo vmware-installer -u product name(in my case it was 'vmware-player')
I hope it will help.
hellouser57
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sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
According to official documentation which mentions "Uninstall Workstation Pro from a Linux Host"
You might also have to want to uninstall a package named open-vm-tool separately.
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