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: 3.53
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-03 21:57 (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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jihem commented on 2020-08-08 12:13 (UTC)

Be careful: Linux 5.8 breaks compatibility with VMware Workstation. If you try to start a VM, your system will crash and probably reboot.

For the moment, the only solution is to wait a new version of VMware before updating Linux kernel. The problem is serious and it seems there is no workaround I can use. For those interested, you can find some informations in this thread: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/638457.

Please do not mark this package out of date until a new VMware version is released.

jihem commented on 2020-08-04 16:30 (UTC)

huyizheng: thanks to point this issue, I can confirm the reboot in my case. I pin your comment.

huyz commented on 2020-08-04 12:28 (UTC)

Please note that until now, vmware cannot run with linux kernel 5.8. On linux kernel 5.8, the system will freeze or reboot when guest VM is powering on.

http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2779

yurikoles commented on 2020-07-28 08:04 (UTC)

Please checkout my package vmware-workstation-tech-preview, which has support of DirectX 11 on Windows Guest.

@jihem I had added you as co-maintainer

jihem commented on 2020-07-25 05:57 (UTC)

@dvb I think the more simple way is to open vmware with root (sudo vmware) and ask a trial license.

dvb commented on 2020-07-24 23:17 (UTC)

Anyone knows how I am supposed to workaround that "entering the serial as root" by doing sudo /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial for getting rid of as non-root user ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ==== Authentication is needed to run `/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-setup-helper' as the super user if I don't have any serial because I just want to use VMWare Player which is free to use?

Jeffprod commented on 2020-06-29 09:31 (UTC)

@aizomul I had the same issue :

==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ====
Authentication is needed to run `/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-setup-helper' as the super user

This was because i was entering a licence number, and for any reason this must be done as root. So the solution is to make it once :

sudo /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial

Then you can start vmware as normal user.

fosskers commented on 2020-06-11 17:28 (UTC)

To Aura users trying to install this package and having issues: upgrade Aura to 3.1.3 (or later) and the issue will be solved.

Apologies to @jihem for the spam this caused him.

jihem commented on 2020-05-30 10:33 (UTC)

CaskAle13c: I already started to create a package for this version, but I didn't spend time to test it. You could be able to build the package by applying the following patch on the current PKGBUILD version: https://pastebin.com/Uri4Y2ej

CaskAle13c commented on 2020-05-28 21:19 (UTC)

@jihem, Have you, by any chance, tried out your package build on the Workstation Pro 20H2 Tech Preview?

https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/beta/workstation-pro

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