| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation14.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | vmware-workstation14 |
| 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 |
| Licenses: | custom |
| Conflicts: | vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services, vmware-workstation |
| Provides: | vmware-ovftool, vmware-workstation |
| Submitter: | jihem |
| Maintainer: | jihem |
| Last Packager: | jihem |
| Votes: | 6 |
| Popularity: | 0.006812 |
| First Submitted: | 2018-09-29 14:03 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2024-10-13 18:39 (UTC) |
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.
Hi, I running a current version of arch, fully updated - kernel 5.0.3-arch1-1-ARCH
I have some issues when installing this and I hope someone here can help. I installed vmware-keymap first (vmware has been removed prior to this install) Then I installed vmware-workstation, let makepkg get all the required dependencies, everything seemed to install just fine. I seem many "warnings" scroll past about permissions ( warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/mime/packages/ filesystem: 755 package: 750 ) Many like this one, but different directories. Not sure if this is part of the problem. But then when trying to start vmware I get this:
(process:10329): Gtk-WARNING **: 08:13:22.579: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. cat: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/modules.xml: Permission denied /usr/bin/vmware: line 105: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: Permission denied
I am able to run as root, but I would rather not.
When you update to version 14.1.6-1, 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).
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
Building ncurses5-compat-libs...
==> Making package: ncurses5-compat-libs 6.1-1 (Fr 09 Nov 2018 16:07:44 CET)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found ncurses-6.1.tar.gz
-> Found ncurses-6.1.tar.gz.sig
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
ncurses-6.1.tar.gz ... Passed
ncurses-6.1.tar.gz.sig ... Skipped
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
ncurses-6.1.tar.gz ... FAILED (unknown public key 702353E0F7E48EDB)
==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
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jihem commented on 2018-11-09 18:11 (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