vmware workstation linux invalid byte sequence in utf-8

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Hello,

I am trying to install VMWare Workstation 12 into OpenSuse Leap 42.1 Linux and get this error every time and the installation fails “vmware workstation Linux invalid byte sequence in utf-8”. I also tried VMWare Workstation 11 and get the same error. I am running the Gnome interface. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
William

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You’ll have to provide more information than you have.

Are you running the VMware installer in a root console?
What are the few lines that preceded this error, and any lines that follow?
For that matter, you should post the entire console stdout to a pastebin and provide a link to that paste in your post so others can see the entire sequence of how far your install succeeded and at what point it failed.

TSU

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I don’t think so. I just double-click on the VMware Workstation bun dle file I downloaded and it starts yast2 then right after that I get the error I listed above.

vmware workstation linux invalid byte sequence in utf-8

It also says " /usr/lib64/ruby/vender_ruby/2.1.0/yast/builtins.rb:455:in ‘split’

Alan

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Yast2? Last time I installed VMWare Player (not workstation), it came in a file named VMware-Player-7.1.2-2780323.x86_64.bundle that had to be made executable and run as root from a terminal. I suppose Workstation is the same, a bundle?

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Although that was some 8 months ago, so perhaps it changed…

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@gravedancer1969](https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/98182-gravedancer1969)
You should install using the sequence bruno described.

The error you’re throwing is unrelated.
I’m not sure why YAST even launched when you double-clicked on the file, AFAIK the file extension shouldn’t have any app association.

TSU

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How do I make my VMware Workstation bundle file executable? could you provide me an example? and the command I need to run to install it.

Thanks
Alan

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On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 01:16:01 +0000, gravedancer1969 wrote:

> brunomcl;2772963 Wrote:
>> Yast2? Last time I installed VMWare Player (not workstation), it came
>> in a file named -VMware-Player-7.1.2-2780323.x86_64.bundle- that had to
>> be made executable and run as root from a terminal. I suppose
>> Workstation is the same, a bundle?
>
> How do I make my VMware Workstation bundle file executable? could you
> provide me an example? and the command I need to run to install it.
>
> Thanks Alan

chmod u+x [filename]

Do that while in the directory where the file is located. This is how
you do it in a terminal window; nautilus/dolphin also can probably be
used to it as well, I just never do it that way.

Jim

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