In this blog post, I will show you how to setup and install Kali Linux 2021.1 in VMware Workstation Player 16 which is the latest version of VMware Player. About VMware Workstation Player VMware Workstation Player is the limited capability free version of VMware Workstation Pro. That is, it is just as VMware Workstation Pro with lesser functionality. But what is available is enough for most of the home users. VMware Workstation player is available free of cost. Earlier it was not free, but I see that VMware has made it available for free for non Commercial users. For commercial usage, VMware Workstation Pro is more suitable where you will be able to run and manage multiple VM’s at the same time. Lets gets started with Installing Kali Linux 2022 in VMware Player 16 Step 1 – Download Kali Linux ISO image To install the Kali Linux, we will have to first get the installer ISO image file. You can get it by visiting the official download page. Scroll down to the Live Boot section and click on it. 2/46 Kali Linux official download page Step 2 – Locate the downloaded file You can find the downloaded image file in the downloads folder, if you have not changed the default settings. The filename would be something like kali-linux-2021.1-installeramd64.iso and would be around 4.0 GB. If you have downloaded through torrent, the ISO file will be downloaded in a folder, folder name would be something like kali-linux2021.1-installer-amd64.iso. Step 3- Open VMWare Player Open VMware Player from Windows Start menu or from you desktop if you have VMware Player icon there.