How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

From	"Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm
Date	2023-11-05 10:30 +0100
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The title says it all, I hope.  I've tried installing vmware player on my Bookworm according to the instructions from 
    https://techviewleo.com/install-vmware-on-debian/

But I can't seem to get vmware player to start up.  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a better location to look for instruction?

Thanks,
Rick

PS: My motivation is that I have a young friend (he is mid 20s; I myself am mid 70s) who wants to learn Linux, and in particular, how to set up and use virtual machines.  I have a Dell machine that I'm not using that would be ideal for his learning experiences and I would like to make it available to him.  I'm a Debian user for over 20 years, so I'd like to base his study on Debian because that's what I know best and would be best able to mentor.

PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice, would there be a better VM supervisor I could use?  If so, can you point me to a set of instructions for it?

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How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2023-11-05 10:30 +0100
  Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm Andreas Haumer <andreas@xss.co.at> - 2023-11-05 11:10 +0100
    Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-11-05 13:40 +0100
      Documentation for KVM/QEMU? [Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12  bookworm] "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2023-11-06 02:50 +0100
        Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? [Re: How to get VMware Player going  on Debian 12 bookworm] Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 08:00 +0100
          Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-11-06 08:50 +0100
            Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav.v.v@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 11:20 +0100
              Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-11-06 11:50 +0100
                Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2023-11-09 12:50 +0100
  Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm "Marco M." <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-11-05 11:40 +0100

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