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Installing VMWare Workstation on Manjaro

IMPORTANT

Warning

Running VMware on Manjaro host is unsupported and is likely to break after updates. Please see Advice section of this page.

Install vmware-workstation

The AUR package vmware-workstation will install VMWare Workstation and the dkms modules needed to run it.

It can be installed with:

 pamac build vmware-workstation

After installing, either reboot, or load the required modules

 sudo modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

Start and enable services

There are three services that can be optionally be enabled:

vmware-networks.service: Provides network access inside VMs, most people will want this enabled
vmware-usbarbitrator.service: Allows USB devices to be connected inside VMs
vmware-hostd.service: Enables sharing of VMs on the network

To start and enable these services use:

 sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-networks.service
 sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-usbarbitrator.service
 sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-hostd.service

Installing Manjaro under VMWare

There are no special requirements to installing Manjaro on VMWare. open-vmware-tools is pre-installed. It should "just work"

Copy and Paste

If copy and paste does not work, you may need to install gtkmm3 and re-boot. vmware-user-suid-wrapper depends on gtkmm, but it's not a required dependency of the package. See: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43159

Advice, Tips, and Tricks

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 = Installing VMWare Workstation on Manjaro =
+=== '''IMPORTANT''' ===
+{{Warning|Running VMware on Manjaro host is unsupported and is likely to break after updates. Please see Advice section of this page.}}
 == Install vmware-workstation ==
 The AUR package '''vmware-workstation''' will install VMWare Workstation and the dkms modules needed to run it.
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 After installing, either reboot, or load the required modules
    sudo modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon
 == Start and enable services ==
 There are three services that can be optionally be enabled:
 * vmware-networks.service: Provides network access inside VMs, most people will want this enabled
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 = Installing Manjaro under VMWare =
 There are no special requirements to installing Manjaro on VMWare.  '''open-vmware-tools''' is pre-installed.  It should "just work"
 ==Copy and Paste==
-If copy and paste does not work, you may need to install gtkmm and re-boot.
+If copy and paste does not work, you may need to install gtkmm3 and re-boot.
 vmware-user-suid-wrapper depends on gtkmm, but it's not a required dependency of the package. See: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43159
 = Advice, Tips, and Tricks =
+* [https://forum.manjaro.org/search?q=vmware VMware Manjaro Forum Search]
+* [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/vmware-can-i-use-it/58861?u=linux-aarhus VMware - can I use it]
+* [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/wiki-installing-vmware/19824?u=linux-aarhus Installing VMware]
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