VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2: Installation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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