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VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2: Installation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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Downloading VMware Workstation Pro

Create an account and login to the Broadcom Support Portal, then download VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2.

Dependency Installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential dkms gcc-12 make perl linux-headers-$(uname -r)

VMware Workstation Pro Installation

sudo chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle

If an error occurs during installation, proceed to the next step which is the installation of vmware host modules.

VMware Host Modules Installation

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-17.5.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf workstation-17.5.1.tar.gz
cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-17.5.1
make
sudo make install