jordo23@ROOSEVELT:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gcc-3.3-base libstdc++5 The following packages will be REMOVED: xinetd The following NEW packages will be installed: gcc-3.3-base libstdc++5 vmware-server 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 79.9MB of archives. After unpacking 131MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial/main vmware-server 1.0.3-1 [79.4MB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.6-15ubuntu1 [151kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-15ubuntu1 [296kB] Fetched 79.9MB in 7m54s (168kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 116406 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xinetd ... Stopping internet superserver: xinetd. Note: all inetd services have been terminated. Stopping internet superserver: xinetd. Removing `diversion of /etc/init.d/inetd to /etc/init.d/inetd.real by xinetd' Selecting previously deselected package gcc-3.3-base. (Reading database ... 116388 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gcc-3.3-base (from .../gcc-3.3-base_1%3a3.3.6-15ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libstdc++5. Unpacking libstdc++5 (from .../libstdc++5_1%3a3.3.6-15ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package vmware-server. Unpacking vmware-server (from .../vmware-server_1.0.3-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up gcc-3.3-base (3.3.6-15ubuntu1) ... Setting up libstdc++5 (3.3.6-15ubuntu1) ... Setting up vmware-server (1.0.3-1) ... /etc/init.d/vmware-server: 176: vmware_product_name: not found Warning: Unable to find 's main database /etc/vmware/locations. invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-server, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing vmware-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: vmware-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) jordo23@ROOSEVELT:~$