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How to actually install VMware Workstation on Fedora
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How to actually install VMware Workstation on Fedora

also known as vmware: fix ur crap

  1. Download Workstation Pro from VMware
  2. chmod +x the bundle file, then sudo sh [vmware].bundle
  3. Follow this KB article to install dependencies (notably, you want to get kernel-devel as this contains the required headers, this is the only thing I had to install)
  4. Follow the first impatient method here to compile and install the required kernel modules that VMware's installer will fail to do
  5. Sign the kernel modules if you have Secure Boot enabled by following this KB article. Notably, you need to change where Step 2 is looking for the kernel scripts by changing it to:
sudo /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der `modinfo -n vmmon`
sudo /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der `modinfo -n vmnet`

Then, run the mokutil step as root with sudo, reboot your machine, enroll the MOK key, then enter the password you set for it (if I'm looking at this in the future, I set mine to burrito.)

  1. it's actually done why is it this complicated why why why why why aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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