Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.5.2-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vmware-workstation
Description: The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.
Upstream URL: https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html
Keywords: dkms ovftool player vmplayer vmware workstation
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services
Provides: vmware-ovftool
Submitter: synthead
Maintainer: jihem
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 192
Popularity: 4.12
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-05-16 21:20 (UTC)

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Pinned Comments

jihem commented on 2020-02-10 17:29 (UTC) (edited on 2021-06-19 13:19 (UTC) by jihem)

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

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cryptodan commented on 2024-05-18 02:06 (UTC)

I just want to say, that I was able to update vmware-workstation tonight with ease after the changes to the broadcom download.

jihem commented on 2024-05-17 05:23 (UTC)

Actually, I already fixed the VMware Fusion part (and removed the dmg2img dependency). Thanks for your help.

step21 commented on 2024-05-16 22:19 (UTC)

awesome, thanks @jihem If you are still working on it, I also fixed the vmware-fusion part https://gist.github.com/step21/b39eb4fdb83f689378854be8d5653af9 (this also means dmg2img is no longer necessary)

jihem commented on 2024-05-16 21:25 (UTC)

Thanks guys! By using the solutions suggested in the comments (especially the bundle argument --install-component I didn't know), I am finally able to update the package this evening.

I've also added a solution suggested in https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/239 to fix the compatibility with Linux 6.9. It works on my computer, I hope it will work for you too.

mabod commented on 2024-05-16 15:41 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-16 15:42 (UTC) by mabod)

@step21: Your PKGBUILD works fine for me so far. Windows and debian (nextcloud) guest are running fine. But it does not seem to find the vmware tools. E.g. vmware wants to start downloading the tools when I start a centos guest. I have checked and linux.iso and the other isoimages are installed in /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/.

denji commented on 2024-05-16 14:03 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-16 20:44 (UTC) by denji)

@step21 .bundle is based on vmware-installer and can include the --install-component=FILE parameters to extract vmware-tools-*.component directly.

./VMware-Workstation-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-linux-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-netware-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-solaris-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-winPre2k-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-winPreVista-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-windows-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --extract "$extracted_dir"

# vmware-tools-*/*.iso & vmware-tools-*/manifest.xml
ls -l "$extracted_dir"/vmware-tools-*/*

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