VMware offers two locations to download Workstation 16 Pro software for Linux: So I opted for VMware Workstation 16 Pro (a Type-2 hypervisor) unlike VMware ESXi, which is a Type-1 hypervisor aka bare metal hypervisor for my Linux Mint 21 computer.īy the way, VMware Workstation 16 Pro is also available for Windows. These are the five steps I followed in installing and testing VMware Workstation 16 Pro on my Linux Mint 21 computer: You can download a 30-day free evaluation copy of VMware Workstation 16 Pro or buy the software outright from VMware or resellers.Īfter downloading Workstation 16 Pro, make sure you do a sha256sum check to ensure file integrity of the download.

Step 1: I made sure I had installed gcc (GNU C compiler) and build-essential. Step 2: Next, I went to to my Downloads folder (where I had downloaded Workstation 16 Pro) and ran the below command: gcc was already on my computer but build-essential was not.

100%Īlthough there was no need to do so, I now did a reboot of my Linux Mint 21 system.

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