VMWare Player install

Support AUR
1

What is the best way to install VMWare Player? I see several very complicated, and prone to error, ways online and I do not see it in the AUR. Does anyone have experience with it?

3

Is “player” different than “workstation”?

I see workstation in the AUR, don’t know if there is any difference:

$ pamac search vmware workstation | grep 16
vmware-workstation-tech-preview                                 16540321-2  AUR 
vmware-workstation-openrc                                       16.1.1-1    AUR 
vmware-workstation                                              16.1.1-1    AUR
4

Thank you. There is workstation and there is workstation player. Player is free for personal use, workstation has a charge. Perhaps this will work.

5

Keep in mind those though for any case:

a) VMware - Manjaro

b) VMware - Can I use it? - Frequently Asked Questions - Manjaro Linux Forum

6

Thanks that’s helpful. I’m using VirtualBox currently. Do you know if there is a way on VB or on Boxes to have a Coherence Mode that Parallels’ calls it where the apps in the VM can act as individual apps on the main OS. For example on Mac, I can run Parallels and by operating in Coherence Mode, I can have Word running in a Win10 VM and it will appear as a regular app on my dock or on my machine. I can even link to it and make it the default to open certain types of files.

7

If you install vmware workstation from the aur it will install vmware player as well. You can then continue using vmware player for free after the “trial” of workstation expires

1 Like
8
1 Like
9

6 posts were split to a new topic: VMware - again, again

15