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: 202
Popularity: 2.79
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-11 05:17 (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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Pival81 commented on 2017-02-12 18:45 (UTC)

when I start up my vm I get this error: Could not open /dev/vmmon: File o directory non esistente. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded. I'm on kernel 4.9.8 vanilla

synthead commented on 2017-02-10 19:55 (UTC)

Added support for VMware's USB Arbitrator.

synthead commented on 2017-02-10 19:15 (UTC)

Whew! That was an absolute pain to package. I needed this software for work and found that one didn't exist, so I did my gosh darndest to treat the community right and share my work. Installing blobs as root is bad, so here's a badly-needed package for this suite. The goal of this effort was to get VMware workstation running with Packer. I likely overlooked other bits and pieces, so if this package doesn't work for you for whatever reason, gimme a shout and I'll work with you to update things. Included are some hand-crafted, locally-sourced .service files for generating self-signed certs (the way VMware's System V init script does) and starting the VMware Workstation Server. This split-brain approach is the same way our OpenSSH .service file handles generating host keys. In addition, this package leverages the excellent patches from the vmware-modules-dkms package to give you everything needed to handle compiling VMware's kernel modules via DKMS directly. Holy crap, I would have sunk way more time than I should have if it wasn't for these guys. Major props!

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