VMware player installation - Ubuntu and Debian
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Download
First step is to download vmware player source code which is currently free of charge. You may also be asked to fill up registration form.
Please follow this URL and download vmware player.
wget -c http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-player-<VERSION>.tar.gz
Installation of packages prerequisites
To install packages prerequisites run following command as a root, here we also assume that you are already running xserver and you have already installed desktop manager like KDE, GNOME or xfce.
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential
VMware player install
This is a last part of the installation. First we need to decompress vmware player source code with following command:
tar xvzf VMware-player-<VERSION>.tar.gz
As a normal user you do not have a privileges to install any software which means that in order to install vmware you need to gain superuser privileges. Enter "su" command followed by root's password. Now navigate to previously extracted vmware-player directory and start installation:
cd vmware-player-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl
Unless you really know what you doing and you need to install something extra, the installation is very straight forward, simply by pressing ENTER witch accepts all default values:
Starting vmware-player
Once the installation is finished you can start vmware-player simply from command line:
vmplayer
You will need to accept END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT first in order to start using vmware player.
