Visit the VMware Workstation Player download page and download the latest version of VMware Workstation Player bundle and give the executable permission on it. $ sudo dnf groupinstall 'Development Tools'Ģ) Download & Install VMware Workstation Player $ sudo dnf install kernel-headers kernel-devel $ sudo yum groupinstall 'Development tools' $ sudo yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) Install Prerequisites packages based on your distribution before proceeding WMware Workstation Player installation.

If you simply want to learn more about virtual machines with different distribution at home in a non-commercial environment you may use Workstation Player at FREE of cost. VMware Workstation Player Free for Personal Use. Workstation Player supports hundreds of guest operating systems – old and new – so you can continue to run the applications you need in a virtual machine for as long as you want. The GUI is very simple & powerful even non techi user can easily creating, running and evaluating operating systems and applications on the Guest Machine without headache. VMware Workstation Player (formerly known as Player Pro) is a streamlined desktop visualization application that runs one or more Guest operating systems on the same computer without rebooting & disturbing host OS.

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