Install VMware Workstation or VMware Player from a .bundle file
Before getting started, we suggest you Learn Linux Basics and follow these precautions.
You can run the Linux bundle installer to install VMware Workstation or VMware Player on most Linux distributions by using these instructions.
Step 1
Open a terminal (Ubuntu keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Alt+T).
Step 2
Change directory where the bundle installation file was saved.
cd dir
Step 3
Substituting the file name, type the following command:
sudo sh VMware-Workstation-xxxx-xxxx.architecture.bundle