How to install VMWare 10.0.1 on Fedora 20 x86_64
I got new ultrabook (Samsung ATIV Book 5 NP530U4E) preinstaled with Windows 8 (updated to 8.1) so I wanted to switch main OS to Fedora 20 (Heisenbug) and keep Windows in VM, just in case (e-banking sw and so).
This walktrough is for everyone who would like to install VMware® Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776 to x86_64 version of Fedora's latest Linux distro.
Install GCC, dev tools and kernel headers
# yum -y install gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel
# ln -s /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h[/code]
Start the VMWare installation
# ./VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.1-1379776.x86_64.bundle
Apply patch for a bug with netfilter
$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# tar -xvf vmnet.tar
# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmware-netfilter.patch
# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
# rm -r vmnet-only
# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Start VMWare
$ vmware
or
All Applications > System > VMWare Workstation
Comments
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Solve this problem by running the script Update_VMW.sh
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ElCoyote27/krynn-tools/master/Update_VMW.sh
chmod + x Update_VMW.sh
./Update_VMW.sh
vmware-modconfig --install-all --consoleI hope it helps
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