Package Details: vmware-workstation11 11.1.4-35

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation11.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vmware-workstation11
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: 11 dkms ovftool player unity vmplayer vmware workstation
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services, vmware-workstation
Provides: vmware-ovftool, vmware-workstation
Submitter: jihem
Maintainer: None
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 3
Popularity: 0.003339
First Submitted: 2018-01-14 11:00 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-13 18:39 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

jihem commented on 2024-05-18 17:09 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the VMware installer is no longer available on VMware website and I don't know any link that could be used to download it. So, this package can only be built by people who already own the installer. If you have it, please copy it on the PKGBUILD directory before building the package.

jihem commented on 2018-01-14 11:01 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-10 17:25 (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:

  • vmware-networks.service: to have network access inside VMs

  • vmware-usbarbitrator.service: to connect USB devices inside VMs

  • vmware-hostd.service: to share VMs on the network

Latest Comments

jihem commented on 2024-12-27 18:25 (UTC)

Hello, I finally stop maintaining this package.

If someone wants to become the new maintainer, the job mostly consists to fix the compilation of kernel modules (vmmon and vmnet) after some Linux upgrades. To do that, you will have to modify the files vmmon.patch and vmnet.patch:

  • by tracking the differences in vmmon and vmnet sources between the last VMware Workstation releases, and applying the differences related to the compilation errors
  • if the last VMware release is not compatible with the last Linux version, or if the compilation error only appears on old VMware versions, you can search patches on Internet (http://rglinuxtech.com and https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules are generally useful) or you may have to make the patches yourself (good luck)

However, if no one maintains this package, the program should continue to work as long as you stay on Linux 6.12 (which will be the next linux-lts).

jihem commented on 2024-05-18 17:09 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the VMware installer is no longer available on VMware website and I don't know any link that could be used to download it. So, this package can only be built by people who already own the installer. If you have it, please copy it on the PKGBUILD directory before building the package.

jihem commented on 2020-08-07 09:38 (UTC) (edited on 2020-09-06 16:51 (UTC) by jihem)

Please do not update to Linux 5.8 because the system will crash each time a VM is powering on. There is no workaround for the moment, and maybe it will never be possible to run this version of VMware on Linux≥5.8. More informations in this thread: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/638457

EDIT: now the package is compatible with Linux 5.8.

jihem commented on 2019-03-30 15:22 (UTC)

When you update to version 11.1.4-6, you should see an error telling that some files already exist. This is normal, the reason is that some files previously included in this package are now provided by another package (vmware-keymaps) which is now a dependency.

One solution is to install vmware-keymaps with the option --overwrite usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/\* before updating vmware-workstation. Another solution is to uninstall your current version of vmware-workstation, then build and install the new version (with vmware-keymaps dependency).

Citral commented on 2018-08-18 21:42 (UTC)

Nice that you created this package. Workstation 11 is the last version that offers Unity mode on Linux.

jihem commented on 2018-01-14 11:01 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-10 17:25 (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:

  • vmware-networks.service: to have network access inside VMs

  • vmware-usbarbitrator.service: to connect USB devices inside VMs

  • vmware-hostd.service: to share VMs on the network