+5 votes
746 views
How to install Debian 11 on VMware

in Virtualization by (552k points)
reopened | 746 views

1 Answer

+3 votes
Best answer

1. How to install Debian 11 on VMware
2. How to start and configure Debian 11 in VMware

Debian 11 integrates more than 13,370 new packages, which gives a total of more than 57,000 packages that are at our disposal for use, approximately 62% of the software in Debian 11 , whose code name is “bullseye” has been updated compared to Debian 10 and 13% of Debian 10 packages have been removed in this new version..

What's new in Debian 11
Before you start you should know in which architectures you can use Debian 11 freely, these are:
  • 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) equipment
  • 64-bit ARM (arm64)
  • ARM EABI (armel)
  • ARMv7 (EABI hard-float ABI, armhf)
  • little-endian MIPS (mipsel)
  • 64-bit little-endian MIPS (mips64el)
  • 64-bit little-endian PowerPC (ppc64el)
  • IBM System z (s390x)
Environments available with Debian 11
Debian 11 will be available in the following desktop environments:
  • GNOME 3.30
  • KDE Plasma 5.14
  • LXDE 10
  • LXQt 0.14
  • MATTE 1.20
  • Xfce 4.12
Debian 11 upgrade
Within the software improvements in Debian 11 we find :
  • LibreOffice is updated to version 6.1
  • Initial support for UEFI Secure Boot
  • GNUcash has been updated to version 3.4
  • Calligra is available in version 3.1
  • Apache have version 2.4.38
  • Cryptsetup will have version 2.1
  • Dovecot MTA will come in version 2.3.4
  • Emacs 26.1
  • Exim default e-mail server will have update 4.92
  • GNU Compiler Collection will be the default compiler with version 7.4 and 8.3
  • GIMP 2.10.8
  • Perl 5.28
  • PHP 7.3
  • PostgreSQL 11
  • OpenJDK 11
  • OpenSSH 7.9
  • Samba 4.9

The ISO image of Debian 11 is available in the following link:

Debian 11

Now we will see how to install Debian 11 on VMware.


1. How to install Debian 11 on VMware

Step 1

To create the virtual machine in VMware we have some options such as:
  • Use the following keys

+ M Ctrl + M

  • Click on the “Create a new virtual machine” button.
  • From the File / New virtual machine menu.
image
Step 2

The following will be displayed:

image

Step 3

We leave the default option and in the next window we will activate the “I Will install the operating system later” box:

image

Step 4

This is because, if we select the ISO directly, VMware will modify the virtual machine settings. We click Next and now select the system and version to use:

image

Step 5

In the following window we assign the name of the machine and its location:

image

Step 6

In the next window we assign the size and type of storage:

image

Step 7

In the next window we find a summary of the task to be performed. We click on "Customize hardware" and there we focus on two key aspects that are:

image

Step 8

First, leave the “Network adapter” section and leave the NAT value there:

image

Step 9

Then we go to the “New CD” section and there we activate the “Use ISO image file” box and select the ISO image that we have downloaded:

image

Step 10

We click Close and we will see our machine created: image

2. How to start and configure Debian 11 in VMware

Step 1

We start it by clicking on the “Power on this virtual machine” line and select the installation method: image
Step 2

In the next window we select the installation language: image
Step 2

We define our location: image
Step 3

We select the keyboard language: image
Step 4

After this the network will be configured and then we assign the name of the equipment: image
Step 5

We can assign domain if we have it: image
Step 6

We proceed to assign the password of the root user: image
Step 7

We create the administrator user: image
Step 8

We confirm the account: image
Step 9

The next step will be to assign the password for this user: image
Step 10

We click on Continue and Debian 11 components will be loaded: image
Step 11

Once validated this we access, as we have already seen, the configuration of the disk: image
Step 12

Select the disk to use: image
Step 13

We define the way partitions are managed: image
Step 14

After this we will see the following: image
Step 15

We confirm the partition process: image
Step 16

We click Continue to continue with the process: image
Step 17

During this process we will see the following: image
Step 18

There we define whether or not we use a mirror of Debian 11, in this case we will not use it and Debian will continue adjusting the values ​​of apt, we will see that he wonders if we want to participate in the survey: image
Step 19

Now we define what should be installed on Debian 11: image
Step 20

We proceed with the download and installation of this software: image
Step 21

Next, we must configure GRUB: image
Step 22

Select “Yes” and now define where it is to be installed: image
Step 23

Then we will see the following: image
Step 24

We click on “Continue” to restart the system and access the Debian 11 login. Finally, both in VirtualBox and in VMware, it will be possible to install the Guest Additions and VMware Tools utilities to increase the functionality of each virtual machine. image

With these steps that TechnoWikis has explained to you, it will be possible to install Debian 11 in a virtualized environment and from there know everything new in this edition without affecting a productive environment..


by (3.5m points)
edited

Related questions

+5 votes
1 answer
asked Nov 11, 2020 in Virtualization by backtothefuture (552k points) | 283 views
+3 votes
1 answer
asked Nov 10, 2020 in Virtualization by backtothefuture (552k points) | 433 views
+3 votes
1 answer
+3 votes
1 answer
asked Sep 28, 2019 in Virtualization by backtothefuture (552k points) | 277 views
+3 votes
1 answer
Sponsored articles cost $40 per post. You can contact us via Feedback

Most popular questions within the last 30 days

10,659 questions
10,791 answers
510 comments
3 users