Package Details: vmware-workstation16 16.2.5-14

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation16.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vmware-workstation16
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
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services, vmware-workstation
Provides: vmware-ovftool, vmware-workstation
Submitter: jihem
Maintainer: jihem
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 1
Popularity: 0.014789
First Submitted: 2022-11-19 19:31 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-13 18:40 (UTC)

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jihem commented on 2022-11-19 19:33 (UTC)

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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jihem commented on 2023-06-18 12:49 (UTC)

When you build a package, the files are downloaded only if they are not already present in the same directory than the PKGBUILD. So, if you build this package manually using makepkg, just copy the .bundle file in this directory before launching the command. If you use an AUR helper, you have to learn where it stores the PKGBUILD of the packages it builds, and copy the .bundle file accordingly.

NoobAtArch commented on 2023-06-18 03:05 (UTC) (edited on 2023-06-18 03:06 (UTC) by NoobAtArch)

Hello, I have downloaded the install file (VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.5-20904516.x86_64.bundle) from the vmware website, can I have the script use that file instead of downloading it again(or similar file, if possible)?

jihem commented on 2022-11-19 19:33 (UTC)

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