VMware Workstation can be easily installed on Debian by downloading the required bundle and executing the following commands:Ĭhmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.3-19376536.x86_64.bundle This will start the de-installation of ALL previously installed VMWare products.Sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) In order to run VMware Workstation 16 properly, you must install the required packages to build the VMware kernel modules: Sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
Just use the VMware installer to de-install ANY previous version enter the following command on a bash: Since the initial installation of VMWare applications has not been done by the standard Linux installer it is not possible to de-install it using the apt-get command. If you have an older version already installed this should be removed first. (The /usr/bin/gksu will start the vmware as a super user, similar to the sudo command) To launch the player just click on the icon or create a launcher on the desktop using the following command:Ĭommand in launcher: /usr/bin/gksu vmware This will start the installation of the VMWare Player you just downloaded.
Just open a terminal and navigate to the download location (normally: cd ~/Downloads) and start the script: bundle is a combination of scripts and installation files that can be started by a simple sh (shell) command, with sudo rights, from the bash.
Normally something like: VMware-Player-14.1.2-8497320.x86_64.bundle will be downloaded. First download the installation bundle from: (as on June 2018, this URL may change in time so just search on for the right address if this address gives an error).
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