This article shows you how to set up VMware Workstation 17 Pro, which allows you to run virtual computers on Linux Mint 21.
Suppose you are using one of the popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint, and you want to use Microsoft’s Windows operating system on your computer. In that case, you can do this by installing VMware Workstation.
VMware Workstation is a paid and professional virtualization software, but you can also use the accessible version of Player. Also, you can try the program for 30 days before deciding to buy it and decide to buy it later.
You can follow this video tutorial or the steps below to install VMware software to create a virtual machine on the latest version of Linux Mint.
Step 1: To download VMware to your Linux computer, visit the website using the link below.
https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html
Step 2: Click Download in the “VMware Workstation 17 for Linux” option on the VMware download page.
Step 3: To install the bundle extension program you downloaded on your computer, open the terminal and go to the Downloads location using the cd command.
cd ~/Downloads
Step 4: When you list the directory’s contents with the ls command, you can see the VMware-Workstation-Full*.bundle file.
Step 5: Use the chmod command to make the bundle file executable.
chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full*.bundle
Step 6: Run the bundle file with the sudo command to install the Workstation software.
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full*.bundle
Step 7: After installing VMware Workstation, install the necessary dependent packages.
sudo apt install build-essential
Step 8: Find VMware from the start menu and run it.
Step 9: Accept the license agreement of the VMware program and the OVF Tool agreement.
Step 10: When you run the program, enable checking for updates at startup and confirm to participate in the VMware customer experience improvement program.
Step 11: If you purchased the program in the product critical window, type your license key. If you only want to test the program, activate the 30-day trial period.
Step 12: Find the version of the virtualization software you installed from Help / About.