Problem with installing VMware

[Paul Smith]

On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but when I ran (as root)
>
> [root at localhost vmware-distrib]# perl vmware-install.pl
>
> I get the following error
>
> «Before running VMware Workstation for the first time, you need to configure it
> by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
> program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>
> sh: /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl: Permission denied»

I tried the following:

# chmod +x /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
[root at localhost vmware-distrib]# perl vmware-install.pl
A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.

Failure

Execution aborted.
#

Any advice?

Paul