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<span id="vmware-workstation"></span><h1>VMware* Workstation Pro<a class="headerlink" href="#vmware-workstation-pro" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>VMware Workstation Pro allows you to run multiple operating systems as
<abbr title="virtual machines">VMs</abbr> on a single host. It is a more advanced version
of VMware Workstation Player.</p>
<p>This tutorial shows how to do a manual installation of VMware Workstation
Pro on a Clear Linux* OS host using the console plus the VMware Workstation Pro GUI.</p>
<p>VMware Workstation Pro on Linux installs two major components:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>VMware hypervisor software</p></li>
<li><p>VMware kernel modules</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Clear Linux OS is not an officially supported host OS for VMware Workstation Pro. This
tutorial follows the generic Linux installation instructions with details
specific to a manual installation on Clear Linux OS.</p>
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<section id="prerequisites">
<h2>Prerequisites<a class="headerlink" href="#prerequisites" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Enable virtualization in the BIOS before installing VMware Workstation Pro.</p>
</section>
<section id="install-vmware-workstation-pro">
<h2>Install VMware Workstation Pro<a class="headerlink" href="#install-vmware-workstation-pro" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Use the console installer to install the VMware Workstation Pro hypervisor
software:</p>
<ol class="arabic">
<li><p>Download
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html">VMware Workstation Pro for Linux</a>.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The downloaded file is named with a <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.bundle</span></code> file extension but
this is not a Clear Linux OS <a class="reference internal" href="../guides/clear/bundles.html#bundles-guide"><span class="std std-ref">bundle</span></a>!</p>
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<li><p>In a terminal, <strong class="command">cd</strong> to the directory where the <cite>.bundle</cite> installation
file was saved.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>~/Downloads/
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Make the <cite>.bundle</cite> installation file executable. Replace
[VMware-Workstation-xxxx-xxxx.architecture] with the actual file name.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>chmod<span class="w"> </span>+x<span class="w"> </span>./<span class="o">[</span>VMware-Workstation-xxxx-xxxx.architecture<span class="o">]</span>.bundle
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<li><p>Start the installation.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>./VMware-Workstation-<span class="o">[</span>xxxx-xxxx<span class="o">]</span>.architecture.bundle
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<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">Extracting VMware Installer...done.</span>
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<li><p>When prompted to specify the system service scripts directory, use the common
suggestion:</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">System service scripts directory (commonly /etc/init.d).: /etc/init.d</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>You will see output similar to the following:</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">Installing VMware VMX 15.5.0</span>
<span class="go"> Configuring...No rc*.d style init script directories were given to the installer.</span>
<span class="go">You must manually add the necessary links to ensure that the vmware ] 49%</span>
<span class="go">service at /etc/init.d/vmware is automatically started and stopped on</span>
<span class="go">Installing VMware Workstation 15.5.0</span>
<span class="go"> Configuring...</span>
<span class="go">[######################################################################] 100%</span>
<span class="go">Installation was successful.</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>During installation you will get an error about “No rc*.d style init
script directories” being given. This can safely be ignored as Clear Linux OS uses
<strong class="command">systemd</strong>.</p>
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</li>
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<h2>Install VMware kernel modules<a class="headerlink" href="#install-vmware-kernel-modules" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>After installing VMware Workstation Pro, additional VMware kernel modules must
be compiled and installed. Before installing the VMware kernel modules, install
DKMS, which will provide the necessary tools to add the VMware kernel modules.</p>
<section id="install-dkms">
<h3>Install DKMS<a class="headerlink" href="#install-dkms" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The <strong class="command">kernel-native-dkms</strong> bundle provides the DKMS program and Linux
kernel headers, which are placed under <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/lib/modules/$(uname</span>
<span class="pre">-r)/build/include/</span></code> and are required to compile kernel modules.</p>
<p>The <strong class="command">kernel-native-dkms</strong> bundle also:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Adds a <cite>systemd</cite> update trigger
(<code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms-new-kernel.service</span></code>) to automatically
run DKMS to rebuild modules after a kernel upgrade occurs with <a class="reference internal" href="../guides/clear/swupd.html#swupd-guide"><span class="std std-ref">swupd
update</span></a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Disables kernel module signature verification by appending a kernel
command-line parameter (<strong class="command">module.sig_unenforce</strong>) from the
<code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/share/kernel/cmdline.d/clr-ignore-mod-sig.conf</span></code> file.</p></li>
<li><p>Adds a notification to the Message of the Day (MOTD) indicating kernel
module signature verification is disabled.</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>We recommend that you always review the <strong class="command">swupd update</strong> output
to make sure kernel modules were successfully rebuilt against the new
kernel. This is especially important for systems where a successful boot
relies on a kernel module.</p>
</div>
<p id="kernel-modules-dkms-install-begin-alt">Install the <strong class="command">kernel-native-dkms</strong> or <strong class="command">kernel-lts-dkms</strong>
bundle.</p>
<ol class="arabic">
<li><p>Determine which kernel variant is running on Clear Linux OS. Only the <em>native</em>
and <em>lts</em> kernels are enabled to build and load out-of-tree kernel modules
with DKMS.</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">$ </span>uname<span class="w"> </span>-r
<span class="go">5.XX.YY-ZZZZ.native</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Ensure <em>.native</em> or <em>.lts</em> is in the kernel name.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Install the DKMS bundle corresponding to the installed kernel. Use
<strong class="command">kernel-native-dkms</strong> for the native kernel or
<strong class="command">kernel-lts-dkms</strong> for the lts kernel.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>swupd<span class="w"> </span>bundle-add<span class="w"> </span>kernel-native-dkms
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>or</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>swupd<span class="w"> </span>bundle-add<span class="w"> </span>kernel-lts-dkms
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Update the Clear Linux OS bootloader and reboot, and
ensure that you can start the new kernel.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>clr-boot-manager<span class="w"> </span>update
reboot
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</li>
</ol>
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<section id="install-kernel-modules">
<h3>Install kernel modules<a class="headerlink" href="#install-kernel-modules" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Launch the VMware Workstation Pro GUI to finish the installation and build the
needed kernel modules.</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>On the Clear Linux OS desktop, find the VMware Workstation Pro icon and click to launch.</p></li>
<li><p>Click through the installation customization screens as directed in the
VMware Kernel Module Updater.</p></li>
<li><p>On the last screen click <span class="guilabel">Finish</span>. VMware Workstation Pro will launch.</p></li>
<li><p>Create and configure a new VM!</p></li>
</ol>
</section>
</section>
<section id="troubleshooting">
<h2>Troubleshooting<a class="headerlink" href="#troubleshooting" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>If problems occur during installation, the recommended first step is to identify
which major component the issues are occurring in (hypervisor or kernel modules).
This will help direct further troubleshooting.</p>
<p>Troubleshooting tips:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>If the issue is with compiling the kernel modules and you are running the native
kernel, try installing the LTS kernel instead.</p></li>
<li><p>If modules failed to install or load, check logs in <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/tmp/vmware-&lt;username&gt;/*.log</span></code></p></li>
<li><p>Try re-installing all VMware modules with the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>vmware-modconfig<span class="w"> </span>--console<span class="w"> </span>--install-all
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#install-vmware-workstation-pro">Install VMware Workstation Pro</a></li>
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