Note that it's best to install these packages before installing VMware Workstation to avoid additional steps.

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

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

To install the compiler tools required by VMware Workstation to complete the installation, you will need to install 2 packages : Installation prerequisites (compilations tools) Sauvegarde en : « /tmp/getworkstation-linux » 2. Requête HTTP transmise, en attente de la réponse… 302 Moved Temporarily Nevertheless, note that wget will save the file in : /tmp/getworkstation-linux In our case, we will download version 15.0.3 of VMware Workstation.

To download the Linux version of VMware Workstation, open a terminal and get root rights with the 'su' command.Īs you can see, this link always redirects to the latest version of VMware Workstation.

Installation prerequisites (compilations tools)ġ.

Downloading VMware Workstation for Linux.

Nevertheless, as you will see in this tutorial, its installation requires some prerequisites.įor the complete compatibility list of the different recent versions of VMware Workstation with the various Linux distributions, please refer to the ' Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x and 15.x (2129859)' page of the VMware's site. VMware Workstation is a professional virtualization solution available on Windows, but also on Linux.

How to install vmware workstation pro