


If you get a warning/error message something like the below during the installation, follow the given steps. Output: Extracting VMware Installer.done. The installer will start extracting files and then install the VMware Workstation. Next, run the VMware Workstation installer using the below command. Sudo chmod 700 VMware-Workstation-Full-*.bundle Now, download VMware Workstation Pro via a web browser and then go to the Downloads directory and make the VMware installer an executable. sudo reboot Install VMware Workstation Pro on Ubuntu 22.04 sudo apt install -y gcc build-essentialĪnd then reboot the system. Then, install the build tools for VMware Workstation installation. Install Build Toolsįirst, update the repository index. Here, we will see how to install VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 20.04. VMware Workstation is a widely used virtualization software that permits users to run multiple x86 and x86-64 virtual machines on a desktop or laptop.Įach virtual machine runs an isolated operating system environment, including Windows, Linux, and BSD variants, and uses a portion of your system processor and memory. I suppose I should file a GSS, but let's try this way first.Install VMware Workstation 16 Pro on Ubuntu 22.04 T16:51:50.481Z DEBUG Complete request task 1 T16:51:50.479Z DEBUG starting PENDING_SESSION timer 1 for vdi-machine-034 T16:51:50.476Z DEBUG Process blast server ipc event: SessionReady T16:51:50.473Z INFO BlastIPCHandler get IPC message T16:51:49.851Z INFO Session for user: luser, have SSO cred: true T16:51:49.831Z INFO Creating new session for user:luser T16:51:49.831Z INFO Start session for user: luser T16:54:42.996Z ERROR Failed to handle the ipc event, the desktop doesn't exist T16:54:42.993Z INFO BlastIPCHandler get IPC message T16:54:42.992Z DEBUG Checking for message to publish. T16:54:42.990Z DEBUG Sending event: AGENT_ENDED T16:54:42.990Z INFO -SVI State: false USE SVI: false T16:54:42.990Z DEBUG Sending session end event for desktop, SID: s-1-5-***-24345 Domain: TESTTEST User: luser SessionType: DESKTOP T16:54:42.989Z DEBUG Desktop was destroyed now. ^ This is an alarming line and I would like to know more about it. T16:54:42.989Z DEBUG Process desktop daemon ipc event: DesktopDestroyed T16:54:42.987Z INFO DesktopDaemonIPCHandler get IPC message T16:54:42.521Z INFO Session for user: luser, have SSO cred: true T16:54:42.502Z INFO Creating new session for user:luser T16:54:42.502Z INFO Start session for user: luser

Due to terse logging I'm unable to get a grip to what actually happens in the login process. For some reason it doesn't work like it does with Ubuntu 18.04. I'm having session connecting trouble with Ubuntu 20.04.
