You will need to accept the legal agreement. Looking at the log may help with troubleshooting the issue as well as the guide at the end of this post, vmware-host-modules. This is often due to Kali’s kernel being newer than what VMware is expecting.

See log /tmp/vmware-kali/vmware-*.log for details. If vmware wasn’t called with superuser privileges, you may be prompted for a password.Īt this point, it may not install correctly, and get the error message: Unable to install all modules. The first part may be VMware Kernel Modules. The version number may be needed later on.Īfter the installer is installed, you should be able to just run vmware to continue setup: :~$ vmwareĪt this point, you should be be straight forward, often just clicking through. We can see we have installed VMware Workstation 15.5.1. When everything is up-to-date, and ready to go, make sure the file is executable and then call it: :~$ chmod +x ~/Downloads/vmware.bin rwxr-xr-x 1 kali kali 511M Feb 14 20:46 Downloads/vmware.bin :~$ file Downloads/vmware.binĭownloads/vmware.bin: a /usr/bin/env bash script executable (binary data) At the time of writing, the latest version is 15.5.1-15018445.Īlternatively, you can do the following command line method: :~$ sudo apt install -y curl You can do this by going to VMware’s download page. To start with, you will need to download VMware. Preparationīefore trying to install VMware, please make sure your version of Kali Linux is up-to-date, and if required, reboot the machine: :~$ sudo apt update

There are various free or open source solution (such as VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM/Xen with virt-manager). VMware Workstation & Fusion is a commercial software (there is VMware Player which is free but it is limited in features).

Another is when something is going right, take a snapshot. You can have your host machine “untouched”, and then only interact with the guest VMs. One of the being, able to run multiple Operating Systems at the same time. VMs are great, as there are many reasons why to use them. However if you wish to use Kali Linux as a virtual machine, you will want our Kali Linux Guest VMware guide. You can install VMware workstation or player on Kali Linux, allowing you to use Virtual Machines (VMs) inside of Kali Linux.

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