Setting up Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware Fusion on Mac Apple Silicon

Setting up Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware Fusion on Mac

This is just a summary of steps to take when setting up Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware Fusion on Mac on Apple Silicon.

General steps:

Download Ubuntu 22.04 ISO from Ubuntu
Create a new VM in VMware Fusion
Select “Install from disc or image” and select the Ubuntu ISO
Setup the hardware settings you need
Start the VM
Follow the Ubuntu installation steps

Install VMware Tools

The VMware Tools are not installed by default and the “Install VMware Tools” option is not available in the VMware Fusion menu. To install the VMware Tools, you need to do the following:

open a terminal
run sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y open-vm-tools-desktop
reboot the VM

Ensure VM will automount shared folders in fstab

open a terminal
run sudo mkdir /mnt/hgfs
run sudo nano /etc/fstab
add the following line to the end of the file: vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
save the file
reboot the VM