

After downloading the VMWare Workstation Pro script file, go to the directory which contains the script file and set the appropriate execute permission as shown. Next, download the VMWare Workstation Pro installer script bundle from the VMware official site using the following wget command. First login into your server as a root or non-root user with sudo permissions and run the following command to keep your system up-to-date. Step 1: Downloading VMware Workstation 16 Proġ. Make sure your system and its kernel are up to date.Before you begin this guide, you will need the root account OR non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your system (Physical host).Make sure you have a license key to activate the product OR you will work in the evaluation mode “ the same features but with ONLY 30 day period” after the evaluation mode period ends YOU MUST enter a license key to activate the product.


This tutorial also discusses some common issues during the installation process. VMware Workstation 16 Pro is popular software that allows you to run multiple different virtual machines on physical hosts using the concept of Type II of hypervisors (Hosted Hypervisors). This tutorial will show you how to install VMware Workstation 16 Pro on RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint.
