Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.3-2

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: 211
Popularity: 3.90
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-03-07 23:30 (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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pelo99 commented on 2017-04-13 06:30 (UTC)

Alternate solution to this. Just download the latest Installation package from vmware.com and install it. Install "vmware-patch" from AUR. Enable "vmware.service" to autoload kernel modules. For every kernel version change, boot into the new kernel and run "vmware-patch" to compile and reload kernel modules for the new kernel. Check and install any App updates from the preferences section.

3KyNoX commented on 2017-04-09 17:10 (UTC)

Hey, we can use mine from my school to maintain the repo. As you wish.

synthead commented on 2017-03-31 19:56 (UTC)

Hey guys, I'm in a position where I won't have a VMware license anymore, so I won't be able to fully maintain this package. I'm marking it as an orphan, so please feel free to snag it! Thanks so much for all the great feedback, and I'm really glad to see this package being used!

spaceback commented on 2017-03-31 17:34 (UTC)

12.5.5 is out now :) https://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/file/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.5-5234757.x86_64.bundle

Awesome_Donkey commented on 2017-03-14 12:48 (UTC) (edited on 2017-03-14 12:49 (UTC) by Awesome_Donkey)

12.5.4 is out too. https://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/file/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.4-5192485.x86_64.bundle Also keep in mind the libcurl.so.4 issue with both 12.5.3 and 12.5.4. Described in the comments here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-patch/ And posted here: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/558694

synthead commented on 2017-03-13 21:49 (UTC) (edited on 2017-03-13 21:50 (UTC) by synthead)

@kisacamel, thanks for the feedback! I tried the PKGBUILD with the new version and vmmon.patch doesn't apply (hunk #12 fails at line 1167). I'll get this updated, but I can't spend time on it today, unfortunately. I have marked this package out-of-date for now. If anyone's able to get vmmon.patch to apply, let me know what you did and I'll toss the changes in the package. Also, give me a contributor name and email and I'll give you a shout out in the PKGBUILD, too ;)

synthead commented on 2017-03-13 20:39 (UTC)

Whoops, looks like I accidentally excluded '/var/lib/vmware/Shared VMs' from the PKGBUILD on release 12 with commit 05fa339c37ade19c11339b0f35207153512dc012! Shared VMs weren't affected, though, as pacman doesn't remove any files it doesn't own. This is an empty directory, however, so if nothing was in it, it would've been removed in release 12, which would cause the problems mentioned with the vmware-hostd service. Just pushed release 14 to revert this issue and make everything happy again. Thanks for the feedback, @monotykamary!

<deleted-account> commented on 2017-03-13 19:17 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for fancy package! maybe vmware-workstation update as well while fixing it ? :) https://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/file/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.3-5115892.x86_64.bundle

synthead commented on 2017-03-13 18:48 (UTC)

@monotykamary, thanks for the feedback! I just updated vmblock.ko to use vfs_readlink and it works like a charm. I'm looking into the vmware-hostd service issue right now as well.

monotykamary commented on 2017-03-13 00:39 (UTC)

Current package DKMS modules do not build correctly due to make error on vmblock.ko for linux>=4.10. However in testing swordfeng's comment in vmware-modules-dkms, changing `generic_readlink` to `vfs_readlink` in vmblock.patch lets DKMS install the modules as intended. Service vmware-networks works without a problem. Service vmware-hostd modprobes vmmon and vmci correctly, but exits on status=255 with a backtrace log in systemctl.

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