Package Details: vmware-workstation 26H1-3

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: 243
Popularity: 2.97
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-14 21:55 (UTC)

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JulianXhokaxhiu commented on 2026-05-14 21:57 (UTC)

New package version released: 26H1-3

Changes:

  • Reworked the packaging. xkeymap dependency is back again. Thanks for the feedback!

PLEASE NOTE: VMWare Player has been dropped by Broadcom, files do not exist anymore in the installer. Only the Workstation GUI is available starting this edition.

Enjoy!

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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gabrielkorytiak commented on 2025-10-30 07:50 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-30 07:51 (UTC) by gabrielkorytiak)

"setxkbmap us" seems to fix it for now but still its so annoying bug

m4984 commented on 2025-10-29 18:53 (UTC)

As mentioned in https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues/888 the crash is fixed by MR293 of libX11 (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/merge_requests/293).

Raposeiro39 commented on 2025-10-28 17:47 (UTC)

The crash is triggered when the guest vm loses focus (with ctrl+alt, for example). As a temporary fix, I downgraded to version 17.6.4-6 and have to run the command "setxkbmap us" to not crash

craftingDragon7 commented on 2025-10-27 07:14 (UTC)

Dear @ScaniaKing326

The problem is that since the Broadcom takeover it is only possible to download vmware workstation with a Broadcom account. That's why the maintainer has to upload the files to archive.org for us to be able to download them without a login. If you want, you can also download it from Broadcom directly, but as before mentioned you would have to create an account.

gabrielkorytiak commented on 2025-10-27 07:08 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-27 12:59 (UTC) by gabrielkorytiak)

Why is VMWare bundle downloaded from archive.org ? Cant you use some other website (outside BroadCom) ? Download speed is extremly slow in arounf 64 kilobytes per second and it want 4 hours to download

Also theres bug when VMware UI just dissapear and refuse to show UI afterwards in Gnome

on KDE Plasme theres a error :

(vmware:14674): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:46:36.722: The program 'vmware' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'. (Details: serial 9741 error_code 2 request_code 135 (XKEYBOARD) minor_code 8) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

This is a bug in VMware and must be reported to BroadCom until then use Xfce4 with x11 or switch to KVM theres no fix for this running it with GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=1 does nothing

elvisvinicius commented on 2025-10-26 03:40 (UTC)

Hello, shouldn't "vmware-keymaps" be a mandatory package, since without it vmware won't install?

RAMChYLD commented on 2025-10-24 16:51 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-24 16:56 (UTC) by RAMChYLD)

The vmware workstation installer apparently can't be downloaded. It'll be stuck at 0% with the timer counting indefinitely.

Glocke commented on 2025-10-22 19:31 (UTC)

About the workarround with downgrade libxkbcommon to 1.11.0 I open a issue in github/xkbcommon

https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues/888

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