Install VMware Workstation Pro on Arch Linux

Posted by Xiping Hu on February 16, 2020

To install WMware Workstation Pro on Arch Linux, DO NOT download the bundle file on the official website. I tired, but I suspect the installer is incompatible with Arch Linux.

use AUR instead

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yay -S --noconfirm --needed ncurses5-compat-libs
sudo pacman -S fuse2 gtkmm linux-headers pcsclite libcanberra
yay -S --noconfirm --needed  vmware-workstation
modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon
sudo modprobe vmnet
sudo systemctl enable vmware-networks.service
sudo systemctl start vmware-networks.service