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3 (Optional) Select or deselect Check for product updates at startup to allow VMware Player to check for

product updates when you start VMware Player.

Product updates include new releases of VMware Player.

Click Learn More to review details of the information collected to provide software product updates.

4 (Optional) To change product update settings, select File > Player Preferences menu.

5 Click Next.

6 (Optional) Confirm whether VMware can collect anonymous system data and usage statistics for product

improvement.

The data collection process does not affect the performance of your computer.

Click Learn More to review details of the information collected.

7 (Optional) To change User experience improvement program settings, select File > Player Preferences

menu.

8 Click Next.

9 (Optional) Deselect any shortcuts on the Shortcuts page, and click Next.

10 Click Continue to begin the installation.

VMware Player and any shortcuts you selected are installed on your host machine.

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.

VMware-Player-e.x.p-

.i386.bundle

VMware-Player-e.x.p-

.x86_64.bundle

VMware-Player-

<xxxxx>

.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-

.bundle

5 Accept the EULA to continue.

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