post_install() { cat << EOF ==> Before using VMware, you need to reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (in a terminal on root: modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon) ==> You may also need to enable some of the following services: - vmware-networks: to have network access inside VMs - vmware-usbarbitrator: to connect USB devices inside VMs - vmware-hostd: to share VMs on the network These services can be activated during boot by enabling .service units or only when a VM is started by enabling .path units (except for vmware-hostd). EOF } post_upgrade() { if (( $(vercmp "$2" "11.1.4-16") < 0 )); then cat << EOF Now vmware-networks and vmware-usbarbitrator services can be activated only when a VM is started by enabling .path units instead of .service units. EOF fi } post_remove() { cat << EOF ==> To completely clean VMware installation, you may have to manually delete /etc/vmware, /etc/vmware-installer and /usr/lib/vmware-installer directories if they still exist. EOF }