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Fix for running VMWare Workshop Pro on Linux

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VMWare Fix

Fixes an issue when trying to run VMWare Workstation Pro on Linux, error returns kernel issues with vmmon and vmnet.

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wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-15.5.6.tar.gz
tar -xzf workstation-15.5.6.tar.gz
cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-15.5.6/
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

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