Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.1-2

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: jihem
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 203
Popularity: 3.30
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-11 05:17 (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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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.

jihem commented on 2024-05-17 05:23 (UTC)

Actually, I already fixed the VMware Fusion part (and removed the dmg2img dependency). Thanks for your help.

step21 commented on 2024-05-16 22:19 (UTC)

awesome, thanks @jihem If you are still working on it, I also fixed the vmware-fusion part https://gist.github.com/step21/b39eb4fdb83f689378854be8d5653af9 (this also means dmg2img is no longer necessary)

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