This shell script downloads, builds and installs Vmware
host modules for your Linux Vmware
.
The script will download the required vmmnet
and vmmon
for your Vmware
version then build and install them for you.
- Debian based distros (Tested on Debian, Ubuntu, Pop, Kali)
- Arch Linux.
- Coming soon : Fedora Workstation.
To download and use this script:
-
Click on
code
on this page. -
Click on
Download Zip
. -
A files named
vmware-host-modules-builder-cli-master.zip
will be downloaded. Extract the zip file in your computer. You will see a folder labelledvmware-host-modules-builder-cli-master
. Navigate to that folder. -
Open terminal at the files location by right clicking and selecting
Open in terminal
. You can as well launch your terminal and navigate to where the downloaded file is. -
For Debian, type
chmod +x debian-vmware-host-modules-builder-cli.sh
and click onenter key
to make the script executable. -
For Arch Linux, type
chmod +x archlinux-vmware-host-modules-builder-cli.sh
and click onenter key
to make the script executable. -
Type
./linux-vmware-host-modules-builder-cli.sh
to run the script.
You also, can download the host modules and build them manually from Michal Kubeček(https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules)