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Steps to setup VMware Workstation for Linux (Kali)
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Configuring VMWare Workstation for Linux

0. Prerequisites - Tools

git, build-essential, mokutil, openssl, linux headers (for kali)

sudo apt install build-essential git mokutil openssl sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

1. Download and install VMWare Workstation (example here is for 16.2.3)

Assuming you've downloaded the VMWare Workstation files into $(HOME)/Downloads

cd Downloads chmod +x vmware-.... sudo ./vmware-...

2. Download the latest vmware host modules from github (https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git)

gzip -d vmware-host-modules....gz cd vmware-host-modules... make sudo make install

The above will compile mkubecek's version of vmmon and vmnet and insert into the /usr/local/ directories.

3. If you are running UEFI + Secure Boot enabled on your machine. You will need to self-sign the vmmon and vmnet files

Run the following (https://gist.github.com/hongsolo9/0c96b046f745a0f6b532cd478dc626c0)

4. Reboot the desktop/laptop and run vmware

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