If you are using some different language keyboard other than English then select that. Otherwise, American English and continue with that. To identify the Vmware Kali Linux on the network, we need to give it some name i. If you are using the system in your home network then you can give anything.
Like we have given it H2smedia. We are setting up the Kali Linux for personal usage, so no need to add anything for Domain name. Leave it blank and continue. This is an important step. Here the Graphical installer will ask you to enter a password for the root user of the system. Enter the password which you want to set, two times and continue. To configure the clock of the Kali Linux select the time zone of your country. However, the installer will automatically select it on your previous location selection.
So, just leave this as it is and move forward. Performing partition on VMware for Kali Distro will not be much difficult. When it asks for it select the Guided — Use entire disk. Step Select the Disk.
After the above step, it will ask you for selecting the partition scheme, use the All files in one partition option. To get the update for newer versions of Kali Linux installed software, select the network mirror option to YES. It is a very important step because if you accidentally select the No then the operating system will become unbootable.
So, mark the YES option and move to the next step. Select the disk where you want to install the grub boot loader. As we have only a single drive, so it will show there select that and move on. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. How To. Choose the downloaded Kali ISO file image as installation media. Select the type of Guest operating system as Linux and click on the Next button.
Give some name to your Kali Linux Virtual Machine and move to next step. Assign the amount of Virtual hard disk you want to assign to your machine. Click on Customize hardware. You can increase it, for better performance. Otherwise just click on Close button. Now by clicking the Finish button, your Kali Linux will be ready to install.
Now just select it from the left side VMware Pan and click on Play virtual machine option. Although the Windows installation of VMware is pretty much straight forward like any other software, the Linux users can see this tutorial: How to install Vmware workstation Player on Ubuntu Linux To download the Vmware Workstation Player for Windows here is the link. Step 5: Select the Guest Operating System Now the Vmware will need to know what kind of guest operating system you are about to install on it.
It should be a simple task in Windows 10, right? It turned out it is not that simple. Do you feel me? After quite a bit research, here are some ways to uninstall VMWare Player 12, or any program, in Windows If you still have the original setup executable file for VMWare Player 12, just run the installer again and it will give you three options: Change, Repair, or Remove.
Then, VMWare Player installer will start and you will see the same screen above to change, repair, or remove the program. Choose the program you are trying to uninstall or install. In my case, it is VMWare Player.
