


However, on some Linux distributions, the bundle installer starts a command-line wizard instead of a GUI wizard. On most Linux distributions, the Linux bundle installer is installed using the GUI.

VMware Workstation Player can also be installed on a Linux host. This lesson explains how to install Player on Linux, not how to install a Linux distribution in a virtual machine. Let me know if something doesn’t work.If you are using Windows as your operating system and are not interested in running Player on Linux, feel free to skip this lesson. If you’re ready then execute “sudo bash vmware.15.0.kernel.5.0.sh”Īs you can see at the end of the script you’ll either get the output of “systemctl status vmware” if the patch and build worked or a “failed” message if not.

The unpatched, original tar files are saved with “unpatched” appended and if these already exist are moved back to their original names. It will stop if applying a patch fails and also handles running the script multiple times. I’ve updated the vmware.15.0.3.kernel.5.0.3.sh script and renamed it to vmware.15.0.kernel.5.0.sh.VMware just released 15.0.4 and the patches appear to work for 15.0.4 as well.I’ll test as soon as it’s available via dnf. Kernel 5.0.4 is out and I don’t expect there to be a difference.I installed it and it’s working straight out the box. Looks like VMware Workstation release 15.1.0 does not need these patches. The patch of hostif.c could be better but I wanted to get this published ASAP. I dug around and figured out how to patch the VMware kernel modules and it appears to work. VMware Workstation and Player won’t compile on a Linux system, e.g., Fedora 29, running the new kernel 5.0.3.
