A "no hassle" Linux install for VMware Workstation 6.5
October 24, 2008 | by Steven Warren | Blog
With VMware’s newest release of workstation, they created a bundled graphical based installer. It makes installing VMware Workstation on Linux a piece of cake. No more command line installs. This is a great feature.
Here are the steps.
Download the Linux.bundle from VMware’s website to your tmp directory.
Open up a terminal window and type the following: sudo sh VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.i386.bundle. If you have a previous version, it will be automatically uninstalled (Figure A).
Figure A.
Next, agree to the license as shown in Figure B.
Figure B.
If you want to install the Virtual Debugger, choose a path and then click Install (Figure C & D).
Figure C.
Figure D.
The Linux installer does the rest and configures Workstation 6.5. It is the easiest Linux install for Workstation I have seen. What do you think?
Figure E.
Figure F.
You can now start VMware Workstation from Application | System Tools | VMware Workstation (Figure G) or open up a Terminal window and type ./usr/bin/vmware (Figure H).
Figure G.
Figure H.
