Initctl: Job failed to start appears when installing VMware-tools

Vmware-tools installation appears in:

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Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.
update – initramfs: Generating/boot/initrd img – 2.6.38-8 – generic
the initctl: Job failed to start
Unable to start the services for VMware Tools
* * * * *

Reason: Previously installed
open-vm_tools conflicts with it

Solutions:

sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools

Just install vmware-Tools

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