
When enabled, Workstation Pro includes information about your virtual machine's virtual CPU state, instruction pointer, and code segment registers in the log file. Log virtual machine progress periodically While trimming usually has little effect on performance and might be needed in low-memory situations, the I/O caused by memory trimming can sometimes interfere with disk-oriented workload performance in a guest. Workstation Pro uses a memory trimming technique to return unused virtual machine memory to the host machine for other uses. Launch VMware Workstation and start using it.Note: You cannot configure these options for a shared or remote virtual machine. The installer will start extraction and installation process from the terminal: Extracting VMware Installer.done. Now install Vmware Player and Workstation on Kali Linux: # VMware Player sudo. For example, mine is located in Downloads Folder. Navigate to its location using the terminal. Once the file is downloaded to your local hard drive. Linux-compiler-gcc-10-x86 linux-headers-5.9.0-kali5-amd64 linux-headers-5.9.0-kali5-common linux-kbuild-5.9ġ upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded.Īfter this operation, 62.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.ĭo you want to continue? y Step 2: Install VMware Workstation on Kali Linux The following NEW packages will be installed: Linux-compiler-gcc-10-x86 linux-headers-5.9.0-kali5-common linux-kbuild-5.9

Sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) libaio1 libcanberra-gtk-moduleĪgree to start installation: The following additional packages will be installed: Installing Required Build Tools: sudo apt update If you don’t already have an account with VMware, create one by filling signup form.


If downloading from the website, select VMware Workstation Player / Pro for Linux and hit get link. VMware Workstation Pro # Download using wget.VMware Workstation Player # Download using curl.Use the links below to download either edition of VMware Workstation: Sudo reboot Step 1: Download VMware Workstation on Kali Linux One advantage of installing VMware Workstation is that it will install VMware Player for you which you can use after your evaluation period expires.īefore you begin installation process update your system: sudo apt update

You can install trial version of VMware Workstation Pro for testing purposes and evaluation if you are not ready to pay for a license key yet.
