To install VMware 11 on Ubuntu, follow the below steps. The first thing is that you prepare the Ubuntu machine that you want to use as a host machine. The host machine is the machine want to install VMware workstation software on.
The virtual or guest machines are the ones created from within VMware Workstation software.
To get started, open the command console and run the commands below.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove
The commands above updates Ubuntu and remove unwanted packages including old kernel modules
Next, run the commands below to install required packages for VMware to function on Ubuntu.
After that, go and download version 11 of VMware workstation. You must have an account with VMware in order to get it.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=WKST-1100-LX&productId=462&rPId=7183#product_downloads
If you did not download the zipped archive, then run the commands below to make the installer executable.
Next, run the commands below to begin the installation
Next, run the commands below to install required packages for VMware to function on Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` After that, go and download version 11 of VMware workstation. You must have an account with VMware in order to get it.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=WKST-1100-LX&productId=462&rPId=7183#product_downloads
If you did not download the zipped archive, then run the commands below to make the installer executable.
chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full*.bundleNext, run the commands below to begin the installation
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full*.bundle
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