The Embedded Host Client fling is based on HTML5 which allows it works great across all kinds of platforms, it’s fast, responsive, and doesn’t require any plug-ins – YES the VM console works great. I’ve been using and following this fling for a while now and have really enjoyed it and with each release it keeps getting better and better. While vSphere 6 did improve a bit on the web client the issues many people have had with it in the past still remain today.Įnter the VMware HTML5 Embedded Host Client fling. It was rumored and highly hoped that vSphere 6 might be re-written in HTML5, but sadly this didn’t and hasn’t happened yet. It’s no secret many people have really disliked the vSphere web client, it’s very sluggish, clunky, and based on flash (flash comes with it’s own security issues). Now I just need to setup the nested ESXi 5.5 lab again and I’ll be good to go! VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.4-2249910.x86_64.bundleįrom this point forward it’s the typical install wizard, a few Next‘s then an Install and then that’s it, you’re ready to go! Now we’re ready to kick off the installer by typing:.But since we’re already in Terminal, why not? Note: You could also do this via the GUI by right clicking on the VMware Workstation file and going to Properties > Permissions > Allow executing file as program. Now we need to make the downloaded VMware Workstation file executable, to do so type:Ĭhmod +x.Then type the following command to gain higher access:.Note: Unlike Windows, names are case sensitive in Linux: Once the dependencies have finished, change the current working directory to where ever you’ve downloaded VMware Workstation, in my case the Downloads folder.
Sudo su -c "apt-get install gcc build-essential" Open up a Terminal window and type the following: Before we can start the actual VMware Workstation 10 install we need to install some dependencies first.
Install VMware Workstation 10 on Linux Mint Note: If you haven’t already, go ahead and download VMware Workstation 10 from the VMware website. There are a few dependiences that are needed first, below is the steps I took to install VMware Workstation 10 on Linux Mint 17.1.
exe and running the file, like it is in Windows. I found this wasn’t just as simple as downloading an. However, I had a nested ESXi lab within VMware Workstation when I was running Windows and wanted to do the same on my new Linux install. So last week I completely wiped my HP laptop that used to run Windows 7 Pro and installed Linux Mint 17.1. Two goals that I would like to achieve this year is to learn how to program ( likely Python) as well as learn more about Linux.
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