VMware Workstation Pro 15] 3. Installing VMware Workstation Pro 15 on a Linux Host

You will now figure out how to install VMware Workstation Pro 15 on a Linux host in this post. If you want to install VMware Workstation Pro on your server system, I recommend installing it on Linux. There are several advantages in network functions.

Operating System	Windows	Linux
Virtual Network	20	256
NAT Network	1	1 or more
VNC Connection	101	1024

Checking out Intel/AMD Hardware Virtualization Extensions

Run the following command to verify CPU virtualization support:

root@tx01:~# egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cpuid_fault epb pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts

Installing VMware Workstation Pro 15 on a Linux Host

Downloading Workstation Pro 15 for Linux

Once you have verified support, run the following command to download the VMware Workstation Pro installation file:

root@tx01:~# wget -O VMmwareWorkstation15Pro.bin https://www.vmware.com/go/getworkstation-linux

Installing Workstation Pro 15

Then run the following command to install VMware Workstation Pro:

root@tx01:~# chmod +x VMmwareWorkstation15Pro.bin; ./VMmwareWorkstation15Pro.bin

The installation wizard will then appear. The rest is similar to how you installed it on Windows. I installed the VMware Workstation Pro on Ubuntu and CentOS Linux host and it worked well.

In the next post, you will find out how to set VMware Workstation Pro preferences. See you next. Thank you.