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4 Click Continue to begin the installation.
VMware Player and any shortcuts you selected are installed on your host machine.
5 Click
Finish.
Install VMware Player on a Linux Host
To begin creating and configuring virtual machines you must install VMware Player on your Linux host.
If you downloaded the software, follow the installation procedure, but install from the directory where you
saved the installer file, rather than the Linux directory on the CD.
NOTE If you do not enable host-only networking when you install VMware Player, you cannot allow a virtual
machine to use bridged and host-only networking.
Prerequisites
Make sure that your host and guest operating systems are supported. See Chapter 3, “Supported Host and
Guest Operating Systems for VMware Player,” on page 13.
Procedure
1 Log on to your Linux host with the user name you plan to use when you run VMware Player.
2
In the terminal window, become root user to perform the initial installation steps.
su or sudo
The command you use depends on your Linux distribution and configuration.
3 If you are installing from a downloaded file, mount the VMware Player CD-ROM.
n
VMware-Player-e.x.p-
<xxxxxxxx>
.i386.bundle
n
VMware-Player-e.x.p-
<xxxxxxxx>
.x86_64.bundle
VMware-Player-
<version>
-
<xxxxx>
.
<architecture>
.bundle is the installation file. In the filename, <xxxx-
xxxx> is a series of numbers representing the version and build numbers.
4 Run the bundle specifying the installation file:
sh VMware-Player-e.x.p-
<xxxxxxxx>
.
<architecture>
.bundle
5 Accept the EULA to continue.
6 (Optional) If the GUI based VMware Player installer fails, run the installation file with the --console
command in your terminal.
Command-Line Installation Options
You can use command-line installation options to install VMware Player on a Linux host.
Command-Line Installation Options Reference
To use the options you must be logged in as root. After you finish the installation process, exit from the root
account.
Table 4-1. List of Command-Line Installation Options
Command-Line Installation Option
Option Description
--gtk
Opens the GUI based VMware installer. This is the default
option.
--console
Allows you to use the terminal for installation.
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