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: 3.33
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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friday commented on 2018-11-25 12:29 (UTC)

Just discovered the MacOS support easter egg, so I don't have to apply the patch manually after upgrading any more, if I just add the right variable to /etc/makepkg.conf. This is awesome. Thank you jihem!

phoeven commented on 2018-10-30 23:19 (UTC)

The issue got indeed fixed with the (re)installation of the linux-headers and (unfortunately) used the official bundle (I still received errors the "Missing kernel headers" when using yaourt): Name : linux316-headers Version : 3.16.59-1

Thanks for the help, guys!

MisterPresident commented on 2018-10-23 12:57 (UTC)

jihem: Thank you. Activating with the terminal worked perfectly.

MisterPresident commented on 2018-10-23 12:57 (UTC)

jihem: Thank you. Activating with the terminal worked perfectly.

jihem commented on 2018-10-21 13:29 (UTC)

beci: because some people don't use the default kernel and they need to install another package: for example linux-lts-headers for Linux LTS, linux-zen-headers for Linux Zen... The virtualbox-host-dkms package also put linux-headers as optional dependency.

If I try to install VMware on a vanilla Arch without kernel headers, I have a different message: "==> Unable to install module vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415 for kernel *: Missing kernel headers."

beci commented on 2018-10-21 12:10 (UTC) (edited on 2018-10-21 12:12 (UTC) by beci)

Why the linux-headers is optional? I got the same error for vmmon on vanilla arch install too. With kernel headers it's fine.

phoeven: try to (re)install the up to date kernel headers:

sudo pacman -S linux-headers

jihem commented on 2018-10-17 19:51 (UTC)

phoeven: I don't use Manjaro so my help is very limited. It seems that you use a real time kernel, maybe you should try with a standard kernel.

buzo: phoeven is failing to compile vmmon module, so he cannot load it.

buzo commented on 2018-10-17 19:47 (UTC)

You can find detailed information about installation and configuration in the Wiki.

buzo commented on 2018-10-17 14:41 (UTC)

phoeven: This is Arch Linux, you won't get much support for Manjaro here. Besides, did you read the pinned comment, especially #1 there?

phoeven commented on 2018-10-16 19:04 (UTC)

Tried to install this with several kernels (4.14, 4.17, 4.18) but failed.

(1/6) Install DKMS modules ==> dkms install vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415 -k 4.18.7-rt5-MANJARO error: command terminated by signal 13: Broken pipe

When trying to start the VM: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

Not a lot to find in the make.log, only: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415/build/vmmon-only/bootstrap/.tmp_monLoaderVmmon.o: warning: objtool: .text: unexpected end of section CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415/build/vmmon-only/bootstrap/bootstrap.o /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415/build/vmmon-only/common/.tmp_task.o: warning: objtool: .text: unexpected end of section LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/15.0.0_10134415/build/vmmon-only/vmmon.o

Anybody any thoughts what's causing this?

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