Để cài đặt mở Terminal và gõ lệnh sau để cài đặt 1 số gói hỗ trợ dành cho VMware Player:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
Mở thư mục chứa file cài đặt vừa download (ví dụ như /home/falko/Downloads):
cd /home/falko/Downloads
và kiểm tra lại phần nội dung bên trong thư mục này bằng lệnh:
ls -l
Hệ thống sẽ trả về kết quả như sau:
falko@falko-virtual-machine ~/Downloads $ ls -l
total 101136
-rw-r--r-- 1 falko falko 103561067 2011-08-16 13:49 VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle
falko@falko-virtual-machine ~/Downloads $
total 101136
-rw-r--r-- 1 falko falko 103561067 2011-08-16 13:49 VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle
falko@falko-virtual-machine ~/Downloads $
Bắt đầu quá trình cài đặt VMware Player:
gksudo bash ./VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle
Rồi cài đặt bình thường
Nếu bạn gặp vấn đề trong khi khởi động phần máy ảo đã có sẵn thì hãy mở /usr/bin/vmplayer bằng cách:
sudo gedit /usr/bin/vmplayer
và thêm dòng export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0 vào trước set -e:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Copyright 2005-2008 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# Wrapper for the real 'vmplayer' binary. Ensure that the
# binary will find all the shared libraries it needs. If a shared
# library is not available from any of the standard system-wide
# locations, we provide it from the location where the VMware software
# is installed.
#
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0
set -e
#
# Copyright 2005-2008 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# Wrapper for the real 'vmplayer' binary. Ensure that the
# binary will find all the shared libraries it needs. If a shared
# library is not available from any of the standard system-wide
# locations, we provide it from the location where the VMware software
# is installed.
#
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0
set -e
ETCDIR=/etc/vmware
. $ETCDIR/bootstrap
. $ETCDIR/bootstrap
export PRODUCT_NAME="VMware Player"
libdir="$LIBDIR"/vmware
libdir="$LIBDIR"/vmware
# If there are command line arguments like -version, launch the binary without
# checking configuration state or running the module updater.
if echo "$1" | grep -q "^-"; then
exec "$libdir"/bin/"vmplayer" "$@"
fi
# checking configuration state or running the module updater.
if echo "$1" | grep -q "^-"; then
exec "$libdir"/bin/"vmplayer" "$@"
fi
# Only run the GUI if DISPLAY is set.
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
echo "DISPLAY is not set, unable to open the $PRODUCT_NAME user interface."
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
echo "DISPLAY is not set, unable to open the $PRODUCT_NAME user interface."
exit 1
fi
if "$BINDIR"/vmware-modconfig --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player" &&
/sbin/modinfo vmmon; then
exec "$libdir"/bin/"vmplayer" "$@"
fi
/sbin/modinfo vmmon; then
exec "$libdir"/bin/"vmplayer" "$@"
fi
exit 1
dow load tại đây: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation/9_0
chmod +x vmware
./vmware