VMware Workstation Player is a simple yet powerful, free application for non-commerical use by VMware, Inc.for server and desktop virtualization. The software allows you to run a second operating system as a virtual machine on your PC.

Step 1: Download VMware Workstation Player from VMware official website


Step 2: Open Terminal and use the command below to install required packages

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

Step 4: Enter root using the following command:

$ sudo su

Step 5: Using change directory command, enter directory where you downloaded the bundle file

$ cd ./Downloads

Step 6: Now you will have to make the .bundle file executable before you can run it. For this purpose, run in command line:

$ sudo chmod +x ./Vmware-Player-15.04_x86.bundle
Note: The above mentioned command's format is written below:
$ sudo chmod +x ./FileName.bundle
Type the file name that you downloaded on your PC

Step 7: Now you can run the Workstation Player installer file:

$ sudo ./Vmware-Player-15.04_x86.bundle

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