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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- What Is VMware Player?
- Installing and Running VMware Player
- Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems for VMware Player
- Supported Host Operating Systems
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 64-Bit Operating Systems
- Linux 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Linux 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
VMware Player Getting Started Guide
10 VMware, Inc.
Installing and Running VMware Player
The!following!sections!give!instructions!for!installing,!configuring,!and!starting!VMware!Player.!
For!detailed!instructions!on!using!VMware!Player!features,!see!the!online!help!provided!in!VMware!Player.!
To!view!the!online!help!on!Linux,!choose!Player>Help.!To!view!the!online!help!on!Windows,!choose!
VMware Player>Help.
Installing VMware Player
This!section!describes!how!to!install!VMware!Player!on!Windows!and!Linux.!If!you!do!not!have!a!product!CD,!
download!VMware!Player!from!http://www.vmware.com/download/player/.
The!steps!below!describe!an!installation!from!a!product!CD.!If!you!downloaded!the!software,!follow!the!
installation!procedure,!but!install!from!the!directory!where!you
!saved!the!installer!file!(rather!than!the!
Windows!or!Linux!directory!on!the!CD).
To install VMware Player on a Windows host
1If!you!are!installing!VMware!Player!from!a!CD!and!autorun!is!enabled,!follow!the!instructions!displayed!
when!you!insert!the!CD!in!your!CD‐ROM!drive.
If!you!are!installing!VMware!Player!from!a!CD!
and!autorun!is!not!enabled,!double‐click!the!
VMware-player-<xxxx-xxxx>.exe!installer!file!in!the!Windows!directory!of!the!CD.!(In!the!filename,!
<xxxx-xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!representing!the!version!and!build!numbers.)
2On!the!Welcome!page,!click!Next.
3On!the!Destination!Folder!page,!optionally!choose!an!alternate!location!for!VMware!
Player!files,!and!click!
Next.
4Optionally,!deselect!any!shortcuts!on!the!Configuration!Shortcuts!page,!and!click!Next.
5Click!Install!to!begin!the!installation.
VMware!Player!and!any!shortcuts!you!selected!are!installed!on!your!host!machine.
6Click!Finish.
To install VMware Player on a Linux host
1Log!on!to!your!Linux!host!with!the!user!name!you!plan!to!
use!when!running!VMware!Player.!
2In!a!terminal!window,!become!root!so!you!can!perform!the!initial!installation!steps:!
su -
3Mount!the!VMware!Player!CD‐ROM.
4 Change!to!the!Linux!directory!on!the!CD.
5To!use!the!RPM!installer, !skip!to!Step 6.!To!use!the!tar!installer,!follow!these!steps:
aIf!you!have!a!previous!tar!installation,!delete!the!VMware!Player!distribution!directory!before!
installing!from!a!tar!file!again.!The!default
!location!of!this!directory!is:
/tmp/vmware-player-distrib
bCopy!the!tar!archive!to!a!temporary!directory!on!your!hard!drive,!for!example,!/tmp:
cp VMware-<xxxx>.tar.gz /tmp
VMware-<xxxx>.tar.gz!is!the!installation!file.!(In!the!filename,!<xxxx-xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!
representing!the!version!and!build!numbers.)
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OTE!!!You!can!skip!the!steps!for!copying!and!unpacking!the!archive!and!install!directly!from!the!
vmware-player-distrib!directory!on!the!CD.