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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