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Notes for 12.0.1-2 [edit: applicable to 12.0.5-1]:

• You need to download the VMware-Remote-Console .bundle from https://www.vmware.com/go/download-vmrc and place it in the same directory as the PKGBUILD.

• vmware-keymaps has been made an optional dependency. vmrc will run fine without it, although I imagine how well it works may depend on your keyboard setup. Making it an optional dependency removes the problem of conflicting files between vmware packages, but also lets those who don't need it ignore it.

you missed to change the filename in the build section ;)

and pkgrel should be 1 (I think?!)

Thanks @fanjiang appreciate you taking the time to comment. A fair point as mentioned still pretty fresh on Arch so do appreciate the feedback.

I'll probably timeshift at some point and follow your advice.

I had a crack at swcarters comments prior but had no success, I'll give it another go probably a PEBCAK.

If I note any differences and come up with a more descriptive process on "what to do - for the inexperienced I might share it after you vet it."

README:

1. You need to register on VMWare website to get the installer bundle;
2. If the version changed, just change the `source=("xxxxx" "bootstrap" "config") line to match the file you have downloaded;
3. Read the comments if you have a problem;
4. If not resolved, add a comment :)

@beanrod Please follow @swjcarter 's comments. In general DO NOT blindly use the vendor-provided installer. They are mostly designed for Ubuntu or RHEL systems and they do not provide a way to restore the changes if something goes wrong.

Just in case it helps someone else... I have managed to just downloaded and install the bundle directly from VMWare and install on Manjaro. chmod +x ./VMware-Remote-Console-11.0.0-15201582.x86_64.bundle sudo ./VMware-Remote-Console-11.0.0-15201582.x86_64.bundle for the System Location I entered "/etc/systemd/system/" I'm not 100% sure this is right for the location but it is working if someone whom knows better (I'm still fairly new to Arch) could correct me that would be great.

@ekkelett Note that the source tarballs are alway downloaded to the root folder instead of src.

Question: why does the build try to use the file in the folder above $srcdir?

Wouldn't

sh ./VMware-Remote-Console-10.0.6-14247266.x86_64.bundle -x ./files

be correct, seeing as the bundle is put into the $srcdir?

For those that may still be having issues getting this to work.

I downloaded the bundle from vmware to ~/Downloads

Edited PKGBUILD source file location. source=("file:///home/jcarter/Downloads/VMware-Remote-Console-10.0.6-14247266.x86_64.bundle" "bootstrap" "config")

Compilation was successful with a module failing to load. Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

The VMRC works well so it doesn't seem those modules are missed.

Note that you have to download the file yourself.

how can I build it? I am using Manjaro with pamac and placed the vmware file in /

error is: curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL ==> FEHLER: Fehler beim Download von file://VMware-Remote-Console-10.0.6-14247266.x86_64.bundle Breche ab...