Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.3-3

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: 212
Popularity: 3.26
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-03 21:57 (UTC)

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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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rado84 commented on 2024-05-20 13:06 (UTC)

@jihem, yes and I deleted them manually one by one, thus cleaning the system from everything vmware related. And then at the end of the installation the story repeats itself. So I backed up the current system, installed a fresh Arch with nothing else but the desktop and video driver and tried installing VMWare again - same thing: at the end of the installation "these files exist in the filesystem". Clearly one of the other files in the above list provides these files prematurely and when the bundle tries to install, it can't because of these conflicts. It's pointless, I'll use vbox. VMWare has become (to me) the same thing Skype did ever since MS bought it - something not to touch, if I wanna keep my sanity intact.

jihem commented on 2024-05-20 11:30 (UTC)

@ihipop No, the only language available is english.

@rado84 As yurikoles said, these files were created when you tried to install the bundle, even if the bundle was unable to finish the installation.

You can remove these files using this process: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VMware#Removal but if the installation was not finished, I am not sure it will work.

Otherwise, you can remove most of the files with the command rm -r /etc/vmware-installer /usr/lib/vmware-installer and force installing the package using the command given in yurikoles link: pacman -U --overwrite \* vmware-workstation-17.5.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

ihipop commented on 2024-05-20 02:02 (UTC)

Any way to change the localization language?

yurikoles commented on 2024-05-19 22:25 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-19 22:42 (UTC) by yurikoles)

I see file conflicts in the rado84's pastebin, so you definitely installed VMware Workstation from bundle before installing this package.

Any AUR helper, including trizen, don't write system files directly, they delegate this to the pacman. So if you have these files in the system but pacman doesn't know about them, this means they didn't came from this package.

That's not a fault of package author, nor trizen nor pacman or Arch Linux, but the user who installed files to the system without leveraging package manager.

Please consult with Arch Wiki about pacman file conflicts

rado84 commented on 2024-05-19 21:02 (UTC)

@jihem, yeah, I tested it and it didn't cry about GCC version but something else happened. Just at the end of the installation it showed a bunch of errors unable to write ANYTHING in the root partition (ALL of the vmware packages, icons, files, etc) and the installation was terminated. Unfortunately, IDK how to force the aur helper (trizen) to write on the root partition. AFAIK trizen can not be run as sudo.

Up until the moment it asks whether I wanna install vmware-workstation (Yes/No) - it's ok. If I type "Y" and press enter, then the nightmare begins. I created a pastebin for you to see it. Keep in mind that that's on a system which didn't have vmware before and all of these files came from the AUR package. Now I'll have to delete each one manually...

https://pastebin.com/qsDfp8yU

If it can't be fixed - f*ck it, I can live without VMWare. I needed it to test something but I guess I won't.

jihem commented on 2024-05-19 16:12 (UTC)

@rado84 I don't understand exactly what happens for you with the bundle, but this package works with GCC 14 without any problem.

rado84 commented on 2024-05-19 15:13 (UTC)

I downloaded the bundle (17.5.2) from Broadcom and it cried about gcc 13.2.1 (and I have 14.something installed). Does this package here cry about the same?

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.

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