Install VMWare Workstation 17.6.0 modules with fixes, on Linux
September 11, 2024 -
Tags:
linux, sysadmin, ubuntu, virtualization
In order to install VMWare Workstation on Linux, one needs to install the kernel modules.
The problem is that such modules (vmmon and vmnet) are poorly written and maintained; for this reason, some developers created fixes, in particular, to make the modules work on recent kernels.
The reference repository is mkubecek/vmware-host-modules, which, as of 11/Sep/2024, hasn’t been updated to v17.6.0.
Since the forks are very messy, I’ve created a repository with the available patches, and a convenient installer.
The repository is here, and provide the following improvements:
- update to the lastest Workstation Pro version (17.6.0)
- @nan0desus’ patches (allow compiling on 6.9+ kernels, and fix an out-of-bounds bug)
- fix of spurious network disconnections (from fluentreports.com)
- a small script to pack and install the patched modules