I’ve just installed it on my Windows 8.1 machine. Installing on Windows is easy, just go and grab the executable file for your version of Windows and install. We have successfully installed VMware on Ubuntu.VMware workstation 11 has been released and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to install it in Ubuntu. Once done you can add the VMWare application to the frequently used applications in the Dock bar. Activate the 30-day free trail, opt to share the usage information with VMware etc. Search for VMware.Ĭlick on the VMWare Workstation icon to launch the application.įollow the instructions on the first launch UI. Run the installer and follow the instructions of the install wizard.īelow are the exact commands for your reference.Ĭlick on the Show applications dots icon in the Dock. Give execute permissions to the downloaded bundle. Locate the software bundle on the machine. Open Terminal and issue the following commands. GCC and Build Essential install commands:

Incase, gcc and build essential packages are not installed on the machine, install them on the machine. Workstation can be download both for Windows and Linux operating systems.Ĭlick on DOWNLOAD NOW button and download the software bundle. We can try and download 30-day free trial version of the software. In this post, we will install the application on Ubuntu Linux machine.įirst things first, we need to download the VMWare workstation software bundle for Ubuntu. It allows us to create multiple virtual machines(guest operating systems) and run them on host operating systems. VMware workstation is a desktop hypervisor virtualization product.

In this tutorial, we will learn steps involved to download and install VMware workstation on Ubuntu Linux.

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