VMware



• VMware Player - straight-forward install
• VIX API need Linux Kernel header: search first and install the closest one

apt-cache search linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt -t stretch-backports install linux-headers-$(uname -r)


# install v14, not v15 as vix not available for v15
chmod +x VMware-Player-<version>.x86_64.bundle
chmod +x VMware-VIX-1.<version>.x86_64.bundle
sudo sh VMware-Player-<version>.x86_64.bundle
sudo sh VMware-VIX-1.<version>.x86_64.bundle


# List installed products
sudo vmware-install -l

# Uninstall
sudo vmware-installer -u {product name}


• vmplayer: set preference to shutdown

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