How do I install VMware player on a Mac os X?

There is no version of VMware Player for OS X. Neither the GNU/Linux version nor the version from FreeBSD ports will work. Instead, VMware sells a Mac version of their product called VMware Fusion.

If you don't want to purchase VMware Fusion, you can:

• Use Boot camp to some other OS. The OS itself should run fine.
• Use boot camp and run vmplayer from the other OS. (Untested since I do not have a OS/X host)
• Use other products such as VirtualBox or Parallels. VirtualBox can use virtual hard disks in VMware's VMDK format (like so).