

If you see the following window when you start VMware Workstation Pro 15, then it means you don’t have the GCC compilers installed on your system. Just search for vmware and click on the VMware Workstation Pro 15 icon as marked in the screenshot below. Now you can start VMware Workstation Pro 15 from the Application Menu of Ubuntu. Once the installation is complete, click on Close. VMware Workstation Pro 15 is being installed. If you’re just trying out VMware Workstation Pro 15, then just leave it blank.

If you’ve bought VMware Workstation Pro 15, then type in the license key here. The default directory for Shared Virtual Machines is /var/lib/vmware/Shared VMs If you want to change the directory for Shared Virtual Machines, just click on Browse and select a new directory. VMware’s customer experience program will automatically collect data necessary to improve VMware products. If you want to join the VMware’s customer experience improvement program, then select Yes. If you want VMware Workstation Pro 15 to check for update every time it starts, then select Yes. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click on Next again. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click on Next as marked in the screenshot below. The VMware Workstation Pro 15 installer should start.


Once the download is complete, open up a Terminal (shortcut + t) and navigate to the ~/Downloads directory with the following command: Otherwise, VMware Workstation Pro 15 may not work properly. I suggest you enable AMD-v if you’re using AMD processor or VT-x/VT-d if you’re Intel processor from the BIOS of your computer. Just select Save File and click on OK.īefore you start installing VMware Workstation Pro on Ubuntu. Your browser should prompt you to save the file. Click on the Download Now > button of Workstation 15 Pro for Linux as marked in the screenshot below. Now, click on Download Now > as marked in the screenshot below. In this section, I will show you how to download VMware Workstation Pro 15 on Ubuntu.įirst, go to the official website of VMware Workstation Pro at and you should see the following page. But it should work on any modern version of Ubuntu. I will be using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for the demonstration. In this article, I will show you how to install VMware Workstation Pro 15 on Ubuntu. You can easily install VMware Workstation Pro 15 on Ubuntu. VMware Workstation Pro 15 came out a few months ago. I really like the simplicity of VMware Workstation Pro. The user interface of VMware Workstation Pro is simple. You can virtualize many operating systems on VMware Workstation Pro such as Ubuntu/Debian, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and many more. VMware Workstation Pro is a very powerful virtualization solution for Desktop users.
