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