Comment 20 for bug 57957

I have an atheros chipset, and I have exactly the same problem.

If apt is still broken, you can execute the following command:

echo|sudo tee /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl

This blanks the vmware config script which allows apt to proceed with the installation. This won't make the player work! It just frees apt. You should now purge the player like so:

sudo aptitude purge vmware-player

It's possible to install the player directly from a tarball from the VMware website instead of from the repositories, but as far as I know you have to disable all networking to get it to work on atheros chipsets, which sort of defeats the purpose of a virtual machine. Here's hoping this bug gets fixed soon.