# Install the [https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/7_0 VMWare Player software] (free). Note that this program is available for Windows and Linux - if you're running a Mac, you're out of luck.
# Download a ChipWhisperer virtual machine image release. The current latest release with a VM image is [https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer/releases/tag/3.2.0v3.11RC1 v02.11RC10].
# Unzip the VMWare image and open the file <code>ChipWhisperer Lubuntu 32-bit.vmdk</code> in VMWare Player.
Once you've opened this, you may want the latest version of the ChipWhisperer software - the version packaged with the VM image could be quite old. To do this, open LXTerminal in Ubuntu and run the following commands: