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How to Install Android Lineage OS on VMware Workstation.

This explanatory article will guide you How to Install Android Lineage OS on VMware Workstation as a Virtual Machine. The guide is well explanatory and will lead you to the Lineage OS Release in VMware Virtual Machine on your computer. The Prerequisites for This are Lineage OS x86 ISO Image and VMware Workstation from Android Project. So read this article and enjoy Lineage OS on your computer with a Virtual Machine.

As you all know that Android system is very popular these days and open source. Android Emulator has secured the highest place in the market of Smartphones. Now, you can use the Android environment in the computer world using virtualization software. This is the beauty of Android.

Enjoy Android OS in your computer in a Virtual Environment.

Below are the links for downloading VMware Workstation 15 and the Lineage OS ISO.

Download Android lineage OS Download Lineage OS or click here

VMware Workstation Download

Download VMware Workstation from their Official Website.

Steps to create a virtual machine for the Android Emulator in VMware Workstation

Open VMware Workstation, click on File menu and then select new virtual machine.

File tab new virtual machine

Select typical and then click next

New virtual machine wizard

Select browse

Guest operating system installation

Browse Leanageos ISO file, click open.

File explorer ISO image

Click next

Guest operating system installation

Enter the virtual machine name

Choose a location where you want to save or leave it to default and then click Next.

Name the virtual machine

Select disk size and then click Next.

Specify disk capacity virtual machine

Click customize hardware

Ready to create virtual machine

Click on memory, select Ram 4 GB.

Virtual Machine settings memory

Select a number of processors and then click close.

Virtual Machine settings processor

Click the finish button to start the virtual machine.

Ready to create virtual machine

Install Android Lineage OS

Select Installation – install LineageOS to harddisk and hit enter.

Install lineage os

Select Create/Modify Portions and hit enter.

lineageos create modify partitions

Click no for the use of GPT and then hit enter.

want to use gpt

Now we need to create a new partition, so select New and hit enter.

lineageos cfdisk

Select Primary and then hit enter.

lineageos cfdisk primary

Select the size that you want for the new partition. I have selected all and then hit enter.

lineageos cfdisk primary size

Select Bootable and hit enter, under the head Flags it should show Boot.

lineage os cfdisk bootable

Select Write tab. This will create the partition table, which makes sure that you can use the new partition for the installation of Lineage OS.

LineageOS cfdisk write

Type yes and then hit enter.

Install lineageos cfdisk write

Select Quite and you will return to the installation screen of Lineage OS, with a partition available called sda1.

lineageos cfdisk quite

Select sda1 and press enter for the installation.

lineageos cfdisk choose partition

Choose ext4 as the filesystem and then hit enter.

lineageos filesystem ext4

Select Yes and then hit enter.

lineageos format sda1 to est4

Install the boot loader GRUB, select yes, and then hit enter.

install boot loader grub

Select Yes and hit enter to make the system Read-Write.

system directory read write

Once it is finished.

lineageos installed successfully

Go to the virtual machine settings and then disconnect CD/DVD.

Virtual machine settings disconnect CD

Click Yes.

VMware disconnect anywhere

Select the Reboot option and then hit enter to restart LineageOS.

lineage os installed successfully

LeaneageOS Configuration

Lineage OS welcome Screen appears, so click next.

LineageOS welcome screen

Select your language and then click Next.

lineage os language screen

Select set up as new.

lineage os set as new

Connect your device to the Wi-Fi network.

lineageos wifi get connected

Network connected

lineageos wifi get connected

Skip Google sign in to log in with a local account or you can log in with your Gmail account.
Type Gmail account and then click Next.

Lineageos google sign in

Enter account credentials and then click next.

Lineageos google sign in password

Accept Google terms of services.

Lineageos google terms of service

Click next

Lineageos google service

Select no thanks

Lineageos Google work for you

Click All Set.

anything else all set

Select next.

LineageOS features

Click the start button.

LineageOS welcome screen

Select a home app.

LineageOS select a home screen

Select I Understand

LineageOS causton I Understand

After completing the configuration, you will see the Lineage OS home screen.

Android LineageOS home screen

Related: How to Create Lineage OS Bootable USB Drive.

Watch Video: Install Android Lineage OS

Jamil Parvez

Jamil Pervez works as a Network Administrator, based in Kuwait with a Primary focus on Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Certified MCSE, MCTP, MCITP, CCNP, CCIP, CCVP with 20 years of experience in administering Windows Servers, Exchange, VMWare, Veeam B&R, Veritas BackupExec.

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