vmware-host-modules-dkms-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "vmware-host-modules-dkms-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install vmware-host-modules-dkms-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall vmware-host-modules-dkms-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "vmware-host-modules-dkms-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone vmware-host-modules-dkms-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-host-modules-dkms-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/vmware-host-modules-dkms-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vmware-host-modules-dkms-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1404014
Name: vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
PackageBaseID: 184938
PackageBase: vmware-host-modules-dkms-git
Version: 2:17.5.0.d20240112.2c6d66f-1
Description: VMware (Player and Workstation) host kernel modules with patches needed to build against recent kernels
URL: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alllexx88
Submitter: ImperatorStorm
FirstSubmitted: 1660549204
LastModified: 1707071993
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vmware-host-modules-dkms-git.tar.gz