Uninstall any previous versions of VMWare Workstation:
# rpm -e VMware-Workstation-6.5.1-126130
Of course, use version of VMWare installed on your system. It also works only if VMWare is installed from RPM. You can find out it by this command:
# rpm -qa | grep VMware VMware-Workstation-6.5.1-126130
Download VMware workstation RPMs from http://www.vmware.com/download/desktop_virtualization.html
Install the downloaded RPM:
# rpm -ivh VMware-Workstation-6.5.2-156735.i386.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:VMware-Workstation ########################################### [100%] Extracting VMware Installer...done. You must accept the EULA to continue. Press enter to proceed. VMware(R) Software Developer Kit (SDK) Agreement ... Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes Installing VMware Installer 1.0 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.2 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware VIX API 1.6.3 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.2 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.2 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Workstation 6.5.2 Copying files... Configuring... Installation was successful
And that’s it, you are done. Execute from user account the following:
$ vmware &
Installing VMWare Workstation in Linux from RPM