Arch Linux User Repository

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

Also we need this new update ASAP before Arch releases Kernel 6.9.0 since 17.5.1 will not work with it.. I have tested it..

@jihem At first glance, they are no different from the previous download method, except that all archives are now additionally in .tar along with an additional package information metadata file.
vmware-tools packages need to be installed separately as packages.
VMware Player distrubution is no longer necessary, it's now Pro only.

Thanks denji for this information. I will update the PKGBUILD when I will have more time.

If someone is aware of a public link to download the .bundle file as before (instead of denji's solution which requires to download the program and each guest tool separately), I'm interested.

VMware Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro (VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle) are both now available Free for Personal Use
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/05/14/vmware-desktop-hypervisor-pro-apps-now-available-for-personal-use/
https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html

CDN HTTP autoindex (https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/)

# VMware Workstation ("VMware-Workstation-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle")
# https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/17.5.2/23775571/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle.tar
pkgver=17.5.2
_buildver=23775571
source=(
  "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/${pkgver}/${_buildver}/linux/core/VMware-Workstation-${_pkgver/_/-}.${CARCH}.bundle.tar"

  'vmware-bootstrap'
  'vmware-vix-bootstrap'
  'config'
  'configure-initscript.sh'
  'vmware-environment.sh'

  'vmware-networks-configuration.service'
  'vmware-networks.service'
  'vmware-usbarbitrator.service'
  'vmware-networks.path'
  'vmware-usbarbitrator.path'

  'dkms.conf.in'
  'Makefile'
  'vmmon.patch'
  'vmnet.patch'
)

# https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/17.5.2/23775571/linux/packages/
# vmware-tools-{linux,linuxPreGlibc25,netware,solaris,winPre2k,winPreVista,windows}-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component.tar

# VMWare Fusion ("com.vmware.fusion.zip")
# https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/13.5.2/23775688/universal/core/com.vmware.fusion.zip.tar
_vmware_fusion_ver=13.5.2
_vmware_fusion_buildver=23775688
source+=(
  "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/${_vmware_fusion_ver}/${_vmware_fusion_buildver}/universal/core/com.vmware.fusion.zip.tar"
  "unlocker.py"
  "efi-patches.txt"
)

@pyjamasaur: Could be related to this message that you get when you try to download via their webpage:

VMware Store Down for Maintenance

As part of the transition to Broadcom systems, the store will be moving to a new domain. As a result, store will be shutdown between 30 Apr to 13 May.

==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://download3.vmware.com/software/WKST-1751-LX/VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.1-23298084.x86_64.bundle

I am getting this error since yesterday. Can anyone please guide?

@darklyn3r : I have been experiencing the same issues, and I may be wrong, but I chalk them up to the fact that the supported host Linux distributions use way older kernels than Arch does: both linux and linux-lts are newer than the newest kernel Ubuntu 22.04 provides, for example. Sure enough, my issues went away when I switched to the 6.1.x LTS kernel branch, which is behind the newest kernel available on some of the supported host distributions. Sadly, the 6.1.x branch is not distributed in binary form by Arch, but it is available on the AUR.

Since upgrading to version 17 of VMware Workstation, I have experienced several issues. On the one hand, I face unexpected app shutdowns and disconnections from my internet network. Also, I am having difficulty shutting down a virtual machine, as when trying to do so, both the virtual machine and my main Linux operating system freeze and to restore it to a working state, I have to resort to manual shutdown, which is not a solution ideal and could cause additional problems. Is there any solution you can suggest me?

Hi, I seem to consistently get the same error will upgrading from 17.5.1-1 to 17.5.1-2:

An unknown error occurred during installation. Please check the installation log at /var/log/vmware-installer for more information. ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare(). Aborting... -> error making: vmware-workstation-exit status 4 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required: vmware-workstation - exit status 4

/var/log/vmware-installer contains:

[2023-09-06 23:02:48,049] [2023-09-06 23:02:48,049] [2023-09-06 23:02:48,049] Installer running. [2023-09-06 23:02:48,049] Command Line Arguments: [2023-09-06 23:02:48,049] ['/usr/lib/vmware-installer/3.1.0/vmware-installer.py', '-t', '--console'] [2023-09-06 23:02:48,062] System installer version is: 3.1.0.21581411 [2023-09-06 23:02:48,062] Running installer version is: 3.1.0.21581411 [2023-09-06 23:02:48,062] Opening database file /etc/vmware-installer/database

(It doesn't seem like that log file has changed sins first install)

Anyone else getting a similar error?

@mabod I've added the patch.