Once the 'VMware-Workstation-Full-16.x.x-xxxxxxxx.x86_64.bundle' file has downloaded, open a terminal and navigate to the folder where the downloaded file is located.īy default, the terminal is positioned in your personal directory.

linux-headers-$(uname -r) : Linux kernel headers for your version of LinuxĪpt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) 3.

build-essential : compiler tools (including gcc) by dependency.

Installation prerequisites (compilations tools)įor VMware Workstation Pro to install correctly, it is necessary to install these dependencies before installing VMware Workstation Pro: Note that the list of supported Linux hosts is available on the VMware website : Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 16.x and Workstation Player 16.x (80807)Ģ.

Pour pallier à ce problème, il suffit de télécharger VMware Workstation pour Linux via votre navigateur web favori.ĭans notre cas, nous avons utilisé Firefox qui est préinstallé avec Debian 10.5.0 圆4.

Installation prerequisites (compilations tools)ġ.

Downloading VMware Workstation for Linux.

Tutorial also tested with VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Debian 11.5.0 圆4. Tutorial made with VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Debian 10.5.0 圆4. In addition, it's no longer possible to download the installer with a simple 'wget', because the VMware site redirects to a maintenance page instead of the correct url. However, since version 16 of VMware Workstation, the installation is now done from the command line instead of the graphical interface.

VMware Workstation is a cross-platform virtualization solution available on Windows and Linux.

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