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: 3.19
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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luis.brito commented on 2024-09-06 12:55 (UTC)

edit line 63 in the PKGBUILD file and replace with "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${buildver}/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-${_pkgver//-}.${CARCH} .bundle.tar"

specialworld83 commented on 2024-09-06 12:05 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-06 12:09 (UTC) by specialworld83)

Resource not found

chiz commented on 2024-09-06 11:00 (UTC)

the main tar is 404. do u mean https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/17.6.0/24238078/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-17.6.0-24238078.x86_64.bundle.tar ？

ZorinArch commented on 2024-09-06 10:55 (UTC)

@jihem i try to build with enable_macOS_guests and i got this error:

Hypervisor/VMware/vmware-workstation-mac/PKGBUILD: line 417: uefipatch: command not found

mgd commented on 2024-09-06 08:19 (UTC)

Seems to work :)

mgd commented on 2024-09-06 07:55 (UTC)

The link is created wrongly. Replace "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${legacy_ver}/${_legacy_buildver}/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-${_pkgver//-}.${CARCH}.bundle.tar" with "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${buildver}/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-${_pkgver//-}.${CARCH}.bundle.tar" and it compiles (need to test it once it's done though).

In other words: Replace ${_legacy_ver}/${_legacy_buildver} with ${pkgver}/${_buildver} for the ...bundle.tar

nns commented on 2024-09-06 07:37 (UTC)

The PKGBUILD seems to fail with a 404 on one of the files.

==> Making package: vmware-workstation 17.6.0-1 (Fri 06 Sep 2024 10:35:32 AM EEST)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading VMware-Workstation-17.6.0-24238078.x86_64.bundle.tar...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/17.5.2/23775571/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-17.6.0-24238078.x86_64.bundle.tar
    Aborting...

jihem commented on 2024-09-06 07:03 (UTC)

Thanks, I read the release notes too quickly and skipped the word Legacy. I've updated the package to include these legacy guest tools.

@ajgringo619 The other guest tools are not only for Linux, but also for Solaris, Netware and the old versions of Windows.

ZorinArch commented on 2024-09-06 04:16 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-06 04:37 (UTC) by ZorinArch)

@jihem VMTools for other OS's has been deprecated.

Legacy VMTools ISOs are no longer included by default but are available for download this from vmware-workstation-176-pro-release-notes

Legacy VMTools ISOs can be added by add this to PKGBUILD:

_tools_version=12.4.5_23787635
_legacy_tools_version=12.4.0_23259341

"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-windows-${_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-windows-x86-${_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-linux-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-netware-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-solaris-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-winPre2k-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"
"https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/packages/vmware-tools-winPreVista-${_legacy_tools_version/_/-}.${CARCH}.component.tar"

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