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: 3.00
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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jihem commented on 2018-04-22 05:15 (UTC)

It seems gksu was removed from official repos a few hours ago. I've simply removed this dependency in the package because VMware includes its own gksu version in case it is not installed in the system.

lazydomino commented on 2018-04-22 03:40 (UTC)

when I tried to compile this package, I got these errors:

==> Making package: vmware-workstation 14.1.1-2 (Sun Apr 22 11:39:38 HKT 2018)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
error: target not found: gksu
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.

It seems that gksu is no longer alive in aur repo.

giswqs commented on 2018-03-22 18:53 (UTC)

@jihem I added the following three lines to /etc/pacman.conf. The errors still show up. Thanks anyway!

IgnorePkg = vmware-workstation vmware-horizon-client

NoUpgrade = vmware-workstation vmware-horizon-client

NoExtract = vmware-workstation vmware-horizon-client

jihem commented on 2018-03-21 20:24 (UTC)

@giswqs: I'm sorry, but I don't know how I could fix it, both programs require these files. Maybe adding these files in the NoUpgrade or NoExtract setting in /etc/pacman.conf can help.

giswqs commented on 2018-03-21 01:34 (UTC) (edited on 2018-03-21 01:35 (UTC) by giswqs)

The package conflict between vmware-horizon-client and vmware-workstation was first reported by @jvybihal on 2017-09-07. I can confirm that this issue still exists. I installed vmware-workstation first, then I had to use --force to install vmware-horizon-client. Now everytime I use yaourt to update packages, it shows the following errors (32 lines). Is there a way to fix this? Thanks.

error: file owned by 'vmware-horizon-client' and 'vmware-workstation': 'usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/be101'

error: file owned by 'vmware-horizon-client' and 'vmware-workstation': 'usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/be104'

error: file owned by 'vmware-horizon-client' and 'vmware-workstation': 'usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/chde101'

error: file owned by 'vmware-horizon-client' and 'vmware-workstation': 'usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/chde104'

error: file owned by 'vmware-horizon-client' and 'vmware-workstation': 'usr/lib/vmware/xkeymap/chfr101'

....27 more lines of errors like above.

jihem commented on 2018-02-22 19:09 (UTC)

@joelteixeira: I confirm, I also have this bug. Thanks for your detailed informations, I will investigate when I will have time.

joelteixeira commented on 2018-02-21 21:21 (UTC)

Hello there, when using this package I can't copy a file from any guest (tried windows 10, kali, ubuntu) because it uses a wrong path. For instance, when trying to copy "test.mkv" from guest to host it will show a message saying:

The file or folder /WlgTof/test.mkv does not exist.

But the reference should be "/tmp/VMwareDnD/WlgTof/test.mkv" that is a symlink to default user folder as shown below.

myhost /tmp/VMwareDnD $ ls -lh lrwxrwxrwx 1 username users 48 fev 21 17:51 WlgTof -> /home/username/.cache/vmware/drag_and_drop/WlgTof

So, the file was indeed transferred from guest to host but only the reference was wrong. I could reproduce in two machines (different hardware, DE, WM) and after uninstalling the package and using the standard bundle it works. So I believe its related with some of the patches, services, etc. Anyone else facing the same issue?

Thank you

alexei commented on 2018-02-11 01:11 (UTC)

For multiple monitors feature with Awesome WM, see this workaround: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/pull/2188

joelteixeira commented on 2018-02-09 23:20 (UTC)

@jihem you're absolutely right. I thought headers was a requirement and didn't checked as I should. Thank you a lot.

jihem commented on 2018-02-09 18:56 (UTC)

Hi joelteixeira,

This package should work with Linux 4.15. If it's a fresh installation you have probably forgotten to install the linux-headers package.

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