VMware Workstation Player is not officially hosted on Ubuntu 22.04 & 20.04 repositories. In addition, both run on x86-based architecture with 64-bit Intel and AMD CPUs. Both run on Linux and Windows systems and have virtually the same installation requirements. The former is a non-commercial tool and provides just basic functionalities whereas Workstation Pro is a professional and more advanced virtualization solution. $ sudo sh VMware-Player-5.0. Workstation Player is free for personal use whereas VMware Workstation Pro requires a license. $ sudo sh VMware-Player-5.0.2-1031769.x86_64.bundle How to install VMware Player on 32 bit systems: How to install VMware Player on 64 bit systems: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) First, we need to install some dependencies: In this article I will show you how to install VMware Player 5.0.2 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Debian Sid, Debian Wheezy and Debian Squeeze.

It brings a lot of bugfixes for both, Windows and Linux. VMware Player has reached to the 5.0.2 version.

As you may know, VMware Player is a popular virtualization software, running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

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