| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| 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: | 214 |
| Popularity: | 3.28 |
| First Submitted: | 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-06-17 22:12 (UTC) |
Been getting these types of messages for a while now, can't find any file that references these old kernels/VMware versions:
Error! vmware-workstation/17.6.1_24319023: Missing the module source directory or the symbolic link pointing to it.
Manual intervention is required!
Everything works, never had a kernel module fail to build.
Please switch the p7zip macOS guests makedep to 7zip, like upstream ArchLinux did. It's a straightforward replacement, it works for me in a clean chroot.
@denji I don't know why you have removed your last message, but you are probably right: _create_database_file is the function that creates the database which contains the list of "components", including guest tools. I created this function exactly to fix this issue.
However, I don't know what should be changed in this database to make VMware able to see all the guest tools again. The official installer only installs Windows guest tools since version 17.6, so it is not possible to use it to make an install and analyse the content of the database.
@1nikolas the PKGBUILD downloads and installs all the guest tools, but it is possible that something is broken and prevents VMware to find the location of the guest tools ISO (I didn't test this point the last times I updated this package). Anyway, you can find all the ISO on /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages and manually mount the right ISO (linux.iso in your case) in the virtual CD-ROM.
Edit: actually, clicking on the button "Download and Install" then "Install" seems to work, too (without downloading anything).
@denji yes I know that but it's just weird because it tries to install the proprietary ones and it fails. But that works too I guess
@1nikolas
apt-get install -y open-vm-tools # Server
apt-get install -y open-vm-tools-desktop # Desktop
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JulianXhokaxhiu commented on 2025-06-17 22:15 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-17 22:16 (UTC) by JulianXhokaxhiu)
New package version released: 17.6.3-8
Changelog:
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