| 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: | 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) |
I get an error when trying to start workstation (installation was successful):
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I am unable to start workstation through gui (silent failure) nor cli (via 'vmware' command). I believe it's stemming from vmware-modconfig which also gives the segfault error.
Remember to install linux-headers so that the kernel modules can be compiled against it. It is listed as an optional dependency and therefore is not required to be installed
EDIT In case someone else have the same problem, disable firejail with sudo firecfg --clean Install and then re-enable firejail, solved it for me.
I get an error when trying to install. Been looking for an answer all over but not managed to find any solution yet, any ideas?
==> Patching vmmon module for DKMS ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. /usr/bin/patch: **** Can't change to directory /var/tmp/pamac-build-boss/vmware-workstation/pkg/vmware-workstation/usr/src/vmware-workstation-15.0.4_12990004/vmmon-only : No such file or directory ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting...
jihem: thanks for the reply. I understand your situation.
I can patch the .SRCINFO and PKGBUILD files at the update. No big deal. Thanks again for explaining.
jihem: I have just installed/updated vmware-keymaps and vmware-workstation with a single pacman command – without any special command line options. You will only get problems if you are trying to do that using two steps.
@jhem thank you that worked!
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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