VMwareThe installation does not work flawless, so you have to follow this description. InstallYou need root permission for the installation. Required is an installed Linux Kernel Source Tree. Description comes... Make the installer executable. chmod 766 VMware-Player-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle Start the installer with the ignore parameter. ./VMware-Player-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle -I Patch the modules. Currently, vmci and vsock has to be patched. In the past and in the future, other modules have to be patched too. Download the patches from the archlinux repository. Download vmware-patch.tar.gz and save it to /tmp/ Change to the directory /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source Extract vsock.tar with tar xf vsock.tar Change to the directory vsock-only Run patch -p1 < /tmp/vmware-patch/vsock-11.1.2-4.2.patch Change one directory level up cd .. Compress the patched vsock directory tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only Extract vmci.tar with tar xf vmci.tar Change to the directory vmci-only Run patch -p1 < /tmp/vmware-patch/vmci-12.0.0-4.2.patch Change one directory level up cd .. Compress the patched vmci directory tar cf vmci.tar vmci-only Recompile and install the modules vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Problems• Module compile error
• USB devices are not working
• Error: The VMware installer cannot continue if there are running virtual machines. Shut down or suspend running virtual machines before continuing.
VMware ToolsThe 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.tarExtract 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. UninstallCheck the installed products. ./VMware-Player-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle -l Example to remove VMware Player ./VMware-Player-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle -u vmware-player
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