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VMWare Workstation
Alternative
If the situation doesn't specifically require VMWare Workstation and you can use any Hypervisior, I strongly suggest using Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager); as it uses KVM, which has support built into the kernel, which means a much simpler install for some distributions and less potential for issues.
Install
Tested on Debian 13 Trixie
Note: As of writing this (March 2026), the install script fails if it does not detect systemd. Most Linux distributions use systemd, but if yours doesn't you will not be able to install it.
Prerequisites
VMWare Workstation requires the kernel headers and pkexec to be installed, the exact packages required may depend on your distribution, but here are some common ones:
Debian/Ubuntu/Mint:
sudo apt install linux-headers-generic pkexec
Fedora:
pkexec is apart of the polkit package, which should be installed
sudo dnf install kernel-headers
Arch-based:
pkexec is apart of the polkit package, which should be installed
sudo pacman -S linux-headers
Download
As normal you download from https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/downloads
Just be certain you download the Linux version, it should be a .bundle file (eg. VMware-Workstation-Full-25H2u1-25219725.x86_64.bundle)
Install
Assuming it was downloaded into ~/Downloads/ and adjust the file name here if it is a later version.
chmod +x ~/Downloads/VMware-Workstation-Full-25H2u1-25219725.x86_64.bundle
sudo ~/Downloads/VMware-Workstation-Full-25H2u1-25219725.x86_64.bundle
Run VMWare Workstation and follow the prompts to install the needed kernel modules and accept the EULA