VMware

The installation does not work flawless, so you have to follow this description.

Install

You need root permission for the installation.

Required is an installed Linux Kernel Source Code Tree. Description comes...

Make the installer executable.

chmod 766 VMware-Player-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle

Start the installer with the ignore parameter.

./VMware-Player-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle -I

Download the already patched modules from https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules
Branch of 16.2.4: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.4
Download with git: git clone -b workstation-16.2.4 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git

Change to the directory 'vmware-host-modules' and install the patched modules with

make && make install

Start VMware: vmplayer

Problems

• Module compile error

The VMware modules are not always up to date for your kernel. Just do a web search with "vmware linux patch". There are several patches. If nothing helps, just post your problem on the Plop Forum.

• USB devices are not working

Check if the VMware USB Arbitrator is running.

ps -e|grep vmw
When you don't see vmware-usbarbit then is the USB Arbitrator not running. Check if the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator exists. If not then you have to extract it from the bundle file.

./VMware-Player-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle -x /tmp/vm

Copy the arbitrator start script to rc.

cp -v /tmp/vm/vmware-usbarbitrator/etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator /etc/rc.d/init.d

Change the permissions.

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator

Start it with

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator start

To auto start it, create a start symlink in the rc tree or add "/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator start" to /etc/rc.local

• Error: The VMware installer cannot continue if there are running virtual machines. Shut down or suspend running virtual machines before continuing.

Uninstall the VMware product (see below).
Remove all VMware modules from /lib/modules.
Remove the VMware directories in /etc.

VMware Tools

The automatic download of the VMware Tools does not work. Just download the tools from https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/8.0.2/3164312/packages with your browser.

Choose what you need for the guest system. For Windows use com.vmware.fusion.tools.windows.zip.tar

Extract the package and the zip file in the package. You find the ISO file with the VMware Tools in the "payload" directory. Attach the ISO to the guest cd drive to install the tools on your guest system.

Uninstall

Check the installed products.

./VMware-Player-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle -l

Example to remove VMware Player

./VMware-Player-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle -u vmware-player

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