Vmware Workstation 16 Linux

To install vmware workstation 16 on linux you will be given a .bundle file.

Set it as executable and run it as root

chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-16.xxxx.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.xxxx.bundle

Once that is done, you are ready for virtual machines!

NOT SO FAST, What if i need promiscuous mode for my vm

Following the info provided by VMware in their guide (Guide)

We have to create a new user group, set the VMNET devices in question to that user group, then set the user running vmware workstation to that group

#create group vmware
groupadd vmware
#assign group vmware to /dev/vmnet0
chgrp vmware /dev/vmnet0
#change group permissions to rw on /dev/vmnet0
chmod 660 /dev/vmnet0
#add user to group vmware. -a appends the group instead of replacing all other groups
usermod -a -G vmware $user

Now promiscuous mode should work fine!