Ubuntu – Unable To Install VMware WorkStation 8 on ubuntu 12.04

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Installing VMware 8.0.2 32bit

Ubuntu 12.04LTS 32bit BETA

My Kernel version is: 3.2.0-20-generic

vendettaowner@vendettaowner-desktop:~$ sudo sh VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.2-591240.i386.bundle

Installs ok

When I launch I am asked to install modules which are compiled and loaded into the running kernel.

A window opens

VMware Kernel Module Updater

This fails on Virtual Network Device

[ERROR LOG][1].

UPDATE:

[PATCH][2].

When I try to add patch, following error:

vendettaowner@vendettaowner-desktop:~$ sudo ./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh
./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh: line 42: patch: command not found

What I Can Do To Lunch The Patch

I Tried But Without Any Useful

please help me

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Follow below commands one by one after opening a terminal

sudo apt-get install patch
mkdir vmw_patch && cd vmw_patch
wget -O- http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/vmware802fixlinux320.tar.gz | tar -xz    
./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh

A simple patch needs to be applied to the module sources

The patch is described and available on this page, but the version in there needs to be changed to 8.0.4 to apply successfully.

Here's how:

To download and apply the patch,

Open a terminal and type:

mkdir vmw_patch && cd vmw_patch
wget -O- http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/vmware802fixlinux320.tar.gz | tar -xz
sed -i -e 's/8.0.2/8.0.4/g' patch-modules_3.2.0.sh 
./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh

That should compile the modules without any errors.

Explanation: wget downloads the patch, and tar extracts it without actually saving the downloaded file. sed updates 8.0.2 to 8.0.4 in the patching script so that it will run.

Ubuntu – 15.04 VMWare Player “unable to start services” error

found here https://communities.vmware.com/thread/509225

This can be fixed by running the following steps as Root (in a terminal):

log in as root (e.g. sudo -i)
Enter your Root password.

Enter these commands:

curl https://pastebin.com/raw/Z1ihzbcE -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
tar -xf vmnet.tar
cd vmnet-only
patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.SAVED
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm -r vmnet-only
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

VMware will now compile the vmnet module for Kernel 3.19. (please make sure you have DKMS installed)

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