lux5@SNLINZ:~$ vmware-uninstall
You have gotten this message because you are either downgrading VMware
Workstation, Player, or VIX, or because you attempted to run either
vmware-uninstall or vmware-uninstall-vix.

If you are downgrading, please uninstall all newer versions first, then
install again.

The vmware-uninstall* scripts have been deprecated.  Instead, please use
the vmware-installer.

Long form:
      vmware-installer --uninstall-product PRODUCT
Short form:
      vmware-installer -u PRODUCT

Where PRODUCT is one of vmware-workstation, vmware-player, or vmware-vix.

For a list of which products are installed, you may run:
      vmware-installer --list-products
or:
      vmware-installer -l


lux5@SNLINZ:~$ vmware-installer -l
Product Name           Product Version     
====================== ====================
vmware-workstation     7.1.1.282343       
lux5@SNLINZ:~$ vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation