VMware Workstation is available with the latest version as 15. Installing VMware Tools on Kali Linux VM is step 4. In the next step, you must create a new virtual machine. The first step you need to take is to visit the Kali Linux official web page and download the image. We have chosen VMware Workstation Pro for installation demo purposes. To install Kali Linux in VMware, you must download a Kali Linux image.
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Workstation Player is for running a second OS on Windows or Linux PC for free for personal use. Tick the Connect CD/DVD Drive option so that the drive is connected to the VM at startup then close the Settings screen. Fusion is an application for running multiple applications on Mac. Select Choose a disc or disc image… from the dropdown.īrowse to the location of the Ubuntu image located on your Mac, then click Open. We’ll do that now by clicking on CD/DVD (SATA). VMWare Fusion on Mac OSX allows you to shrink virtual disks easily for Windows virtual machines right from the graphical interface (Virtual Machine -> Settings -> General -> Clean Up Virtual Machine) but there isn't the same option to do this with Linux, so you need to do it from the command line. We also need to attach the Ubuntu ISO to the CD/DVD ROM drive so that when you power on the VM, the installer is loaded. Let’s reduce the memory by clicking on Processors & Memory.Ĭhange the amount of memory to 512 MB, which is the minimum requirement for Ubuntu 18.04, then click Show All to view all the settings again. The virtual machine Settings screen will load, and from here, we can change the virtual hardware before powering it on. Give the virtual machine a name, for example ubuntu, select a location on your Mac to save its files, then click Save. Select Create a new virtual disk then click Continue. Leave the firmware on Legacy BIOS then click Continue. Select Linux > Ubuntu 64-bit then click Continue. Select Create a custom virtual machine then click Continue.
VMware Fusion 11.5 * using the alternative download of Ubuntu Server 18.04. The steps in this tutorial have been tested on VMware Fusion * installed on your Mac and have downloaded the Ubuntu Server ISO.
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