Ubuntu – VMware 15 not working on Ubuntu 19.04

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I have upgraded Ubuntu 19.04 from 18.04 version. After upgradation of the OS, VMware 15 stopped working. I have reinstalled the VMware 15, but still its giving "VMware Kernal Module Updater" popup with message "Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into running kernel". After clicking on the install button it shows the error that it can start the services.
can anyone let me know how to get this resolved.

Best Answer

Milo83! I also have this problem and the code below worked for me. 

#!/bin/bash

#make sure you have git. if you don't, run: sudo apt-get install git

#copy and paste this code into a .sh file. e.g. vmwareFix.sh

#run: chmod 744 <filename.sh, e.g. vmwareFix.sh> 

#then run this file: /path/to/this/script

VMWARE_VERSION=workstation-15.0.4

TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/patch-vmware

rm -fdr $TMP_FOLDER

mkdir -p $TMP_FOLDER

cd $TMP_FOLDER

git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git

cd $TMP_FOLDER/vmware-host-modules

git checkout $VMWARE_VERSION

git fetch

make

sudo make install

sudo rm /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1

/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1

sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart

The instructions are in the comments above. Bye.

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