Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.3-8

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: JulianXhokaxhiu
Last Packager: JulianXhokaxhiu
Votes: 214
Popularity: 3.21
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-06-17 22:12 (UTC)

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JulianXhokaxhiu commented on 2025-06-17 22:15 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-17 22:16 (UTC) by JulianXhokaxhiu)

New package version released: 17.6.3-8

Changelog:

  • Fix download links by hardcoding the domain resolution. curl>=7.49.0 is required ( using the --connect-to flag )

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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JulianXhokaxhiu commented on 2025-06-12 20:49 (UTC)

My bad, missed the OA part. Fixed the changelog. Thanks again!

w568w commented on 2025-06-12 18:15 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-12 18:16 (UTC) by w568w)

@JulianXhokaxhiu Thanks for your maintenance effort.

However, I'd like to point out that https://0x0.st/ is a commonly used public pastebin service, and the patch was written and tested by me. :)

JulianXhokaxhiu commented on 2025-06-12 17:57 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-12 20:48 (UTC) by JulianXhokaxhiu)

New package version released: 17.6.3-7

Changelog:

  • Add support for the latest linux 6.15.x kernel release ( thanks to @w568w for the patch! )

maxlefou commented on 2025-06-12 07:36 (UTC)

Doesn't install with kernel 6.15. Patch mentionned by @cleg87 fixes it. Please add patch in the PKGBUILD or ask for a contributor

cleg87 commented on 2025-06-11 00:31 (UTC)

Works fine on 6.15 after applying the patch using these instructions.

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git cd vmware-workstation/ curl -o PKGBUILD.diff https://0x0.st/83I9.diff git apply -v PKGBUILD.diff makepkg -rsi

https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/linux-6-15-0-2-cachyos-breaks-vmware-workstation-and-virtualbox-dkms-generation/9328/24

dkmshurts commented on 2025-06-06 02:34 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-07 08:12 (UTC) by dkmshurts)

Update: CachyOs has released a new kernel update and VMWare WS now works again. VirtualBox also released an update to fix the issue with the new kernel yesterday.

Excinis commented on 2025-06-03 08:05 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-03 08:06 (UTC) by Excinis)

The 83I9.diff patch from @w568w fixed the kernel errors for me, Just git cloned the git repo, CD'd into the folder, did "patch -p1 < path/to/83I9.diff" and then built, installed and rebooted. Works perfectly, thank you!

dkmshurts commented on 2025-06-03 01:57 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-03 01:57 (UTC) by dkmshurts)

I applied the patch from @w568w and the build still errors on the kernel part. None of my VMs are turning on anymore (git apply --reject --whitespace=fix 83I9.diff )

==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-cachyos.img' ==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete. error: command failed to execute correctly

VirtualBox is also broken so it's a universal issue: WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (6.15.0-2-cachyos) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by sudo /sbin/vboxconfig You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

w568w commented on 2025-05-30 17:13 (UTC)

To build this package on Linux 6.15+, you can git apply this patch to the package: https://0x0.st/83I9.diff

(Note: check the content before you apply it.)

BryanLiang commented on 2025-05-30 11:56 (UTC)

When I updated the package, I got this warning Deprecated feature: CLEAN (/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/17.6.3_24583834/source/dkms.conf

I think CLEAN="make clean" should be removed from dkms.conf.in.

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