To know more on Full requirements and Features of VMware Workstation 8.
Here i will show you how to install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 11.10 (x86_64).
Step 1: Go to download page of the VMware Workstation 8.
Step 2: Select and download VMware-Workstation-Full-8.x.x.x86_64.bundle format instead rpm package.
Step 3: Open Terminal (Dash Home —–> Search for Terminal).
Step 4: Change the file permission to make it executable.
raj@geeksite~/$ sudo chmod 755 VMware-Workstation-Full-8.x.x.x86_64.bundle
Step 5: Install VMware Workstation 8.
raj@geeksite~/$ sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-8.x.x.x86_64.bundle
Installer will start to extracting files for the installation, it might take some time.
Step 6: Select I Agree and click next.
Step 7: Choose your option for update and then click next.
Step 8: Choose your option for sending anonymous statistics and then click Next.
Step 9: Enter the user that will initially connect to workstation server (Leave the default user) and then click next.
Step 10: Choose your shared directory for shared virtual machine (Leave the default) and then click next.
Step 11: Enter the port no to use for https access to workstation server (Leave the default).
Step 12: Click on Install to begin installation.
VMware installation has been started, sit back for a while.
Step 12: Click close the button to finish the installation.
Step 13: Start the VMware Workstation ( Dash Home —–> Search for VMware Workstation).
or
raj@geeksite~/$ vmware
Step 14: Accept the license agreement.
Step 15: You should see the home screen of the VMware Workstation; here you can manage the Virtual Machines.
That’s all! You have successfully installed VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 11.10.
Very clearly written…
Clearly written and it worked for Workstation 8.0.6 (32-bit).
Thanks for a job well done.