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After the first installation, please:

1) install the appropriate headers package(s) for your installed kernel(s): linux-headers for default kernel, linux-lts-headers for LTS kernel...

2) reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon)

3) Enable the services you need (using .service units to activate them during boot or .path units to activate them when a VM is started) :

• vmware-networks: to have network access inside VMs

• vmware-usbarbitrator: to connect USB devices inside VMs

Because of the same download error the Homebrew disabled vmware-fusion cask. But in AUR, we may supply manually predownloaded artifacts by putting them next to PKGBUILD or inside SRCDEST. The PKGBUILD just needs to instruct users about required steps to achieve this, instead of simply failing with checksum error.

1)Download bundle file from https://support.broadcom.com/ 2)rename VMware-Workstation-Full-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle to VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle 3)tar it to VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle.tar and get sha256sum 4)Replace sha256sum in PKGBUILD remove vmware-tools related download and iso installation operations 5)makepkg and install

上面方法报错

==> 正在释放源码... -> 正在解压缩 VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle.tar，使用 bsdtar ==> 正在开始 prepare()... Extracting VMware Installer...done. vmware-tools-linux-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component is not a component ==> 错误： 在 prepare() 中发生一个错误。 正在放弃...

Is this going to cause problems with package avilability?

https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/03/24/download-changes-vmware-software-binaries/

What’s Changing? Starting March 24, 2025, we’ll be transitioning from our current binary download process to a new method. This change will:

Centralize to a Single Download Site: Software binaries will be downloaded from a single download site vs several different download sites. This is available for both online and air-gapped environments. Introduce Download Verification: Downloads will be authorized through a unique token. The new URLs are embedded with the token to verify that you, as an authorized user/party, are the one downloading the file.

Seems like the broadcom server is temporarily shutdown and the vmware core/tools componenats failed to download. The tar file is a html file which pops up some warning:
Please be advised that the Broadcom ERP system will be undergoing maintenance between March 28 7pm PST - Apr 1 7pm PST which will impact all new customer accounts created during this time. Click HERE to learn more.

An alternative solution:

1)Download bundle file from https://support.broadcom.com/
2)rename VMware-Workstation-Full-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle to VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle
3)tar it to VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle.tar and get sha256sum
4)Replace sha256sum in PKGBUILD
remove vmware-tools related download and iso installation operations
5)makepkg and install

==> 正在验证 source 文件，使用sha256sums... VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-linux-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-netware-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-solaris-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-windows-12.5.0-24276846-17.6.3.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-winPre2k-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-tools-winPreVista-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... 失败 vmware-bootstrap ... 通过 vmware-vix-bootstrap ... 通过 config ... 通过 configure-initscript.sh ... 通过 vmware-environment.sh ... 通过 vmware-networks-configuration.service ... 通过 vmware-networks.service ... 通过 vmware-usbarbitrator.service ... 通过 vmware-networks.path ... 通过 vmware-usbarbitrator.path ... 通过 dkms.conf.in ... 通过 Makefile ... 通过 vmmon.patch ... 通过 vmnet.patch ... 通过 ==> 错误： 一个或多个文件没有通过有效性检查！

I am receiving file validation errors when trying to install.

==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    VMware-Workstation-17.6.3-24583834.x86_64.bundle.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-linux-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-netware-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-solaris-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-windows-12.5.0-24276846-17.6.3.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-winPre2k-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-tools-winPreVista-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar ... FAILED
    vmware-bootstrap ... Passed
    vmware-vix-bootstrap ... Passed
    config ... Passed
    configure-initscript.sh ... Passed
    vmware-environment.sh ... Passed
    vmware-networks-configuration.service ... Passed
    vmware-networks.service ... Passed
    vmware-usbarbitrator.service ... Passed
    vmware-networks.path ... Passed
    vmware-usbarbitrator.path ... Passed
    dkms.conf.in ... Passed
    Makefile ... Passed
    vmmon.patch ... Passed
    vmnet.patch ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error making: vmware-workstation-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
vmware-workstation - exit status 1
 

As @NIICKTCHUNS mentioned, if "vmware-keymaps" is not installed first, there is an error when compiling (I install using yay on fresh new arch system that don't have "vmware-keymaps" installed). Should we add "vmware-keymaps" as a dependency of this package?

If anyone here is having a error about compiling, first install the package "vmware-keymaps" from the AUR, this is a dependency that shows on the error log if you fail to install, although this already should be installed on your system.

Thanks. This builds just fine now.