Vmware tools install fails in Ubuntu 7.10, does not respond

Bug #158699 reported by 6187137
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Bug Description

installation of vmware tools appears to be failing, there is no status info and the system seems to be calculating
but after 5 mins, vmware tools has still not installed....installation failure
running 7.10..
this issue seems to be of fair importance as, many users at this end try to evaluate ubuntu as a virtual machine

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are not using a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks!

If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu the following pages should be informative:

1. [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components - information about Ubuntu repositories
2. [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - information regarding managing repositories

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