
Sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)Ĭhmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.3-19376536.x86_64.bundle In order to run VMware Workstation 17 properly, you must install the required packages to build the VMware kernel modules: VMware Workstation can be easily installed on Debian by downloading the required bundle and executing the following commands:Ĭhmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle

You can use it for example to convert your physical installations or other virtual machines types to a VMware virtual environment.Ĭommercial products like VMware Workstation Pro is available for Linux. VMware vCenter Converter is zero-cost and allows you to convert your physical OS to a virtual environment OS.

Both Windows and a Linux versions are available.įor Free Software alternatives see our SystemVirtualization section. It allows you to run any x86 compatible OS in a kind of 'sandbox' - inside the VMware virtual machine you can run other operating systems like Windows, FreeBSD or some other version of Linux. VMware is a proprietary and commercial PC virtualization solution running on amd64 compatible CPUs ( supported CPUs), since version 11.
