Once the system restarts, you will be prompted to login.Once completed, restart your VM by going to VM->Power->Restart Guest You will see more prompts, except the defaults by clicking enter. Wait for the installation to complete.Now you will be asked series of questions, just accept the default by pressing Enter for all and wait for the installation to complete.You will be asked if you want to proceed with the legacy installer. Goto the folder vmware-tools-distrib on desktop by entering the command cd /Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib.Open terminal by going to System Tools -> terminal.You will see that the file is extracted to the folder vmware-tools-distrib. Right click on this file on the desktop and click Extract here.Copy the file with the file name something like this VMware-tools….tar.gz to the desktop.

If you don’t, then click on Places in the menu, Places->VMwre Tools. You will see VMware tools Icon on the desktop.Goto Player->Manage-> Install VMware Tools.If you have internet connection, follow the next instruction which is easier. If you don’t have internet connection, you can install VMware tools directly from the VM. To install the VMware tools, follow the below steps. Kali Linux desktop VMware no full screen – Resolution 800×600 Step 31 – Install VMware Tools Since the file size is large, around 3 GB, I prefer to download via torrent because it is fast and flexible. But I prefer to create my own Virtual Machine which has all the tools installed, which this blog is all about.

There is also an option to download the VMware image directly.

You will have to install the tools you want later on. Just remember that Kali Linux 64 bit Light is the minimal distribution which will not contain all the features. I use Kali Linux 64 bit, but the choice is yours. LXDE, Mate, Xfce are various open source desktop environments. They are all the same except for the desktop environment. Dont get confused by the many options available such as Kali Linux 64 bit Mate or Kali Linux 64 bit Xfce. Please download the 64 bit or 32 bit image depending on the system you have. You can get it by visiting the official download page. To install the Kali Linux, we will have to first get the installer ISO image file. Lets gets started with Installing Kali Linux 2018 in VMware Player 14 Step 1 – Download Kali Linux ISO image Please follow my blog to install Kali Linux 2018.3 in VMware Workstation 14. You can also install Kali Linux 2018.3 in VMware Workstation 14.

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