Download and compile VMWare Workstation drivers for cutting edge kernels

build.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

# Version of the installed VMWare Workstation 
VERSION="$(vmware-installer -l | awk 'FNR==3 {print $2}' | cut -n -d '.' -f 1-3)"

# Grab the zip from the github repo
wget "https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/refs/heads/player-${VERSION}.zip"

# Unzip the zip file
unzip -q player-$VERSION.zip

# Get the build directory
BUILDDIR="$(zipinfo player-$VERSION.zip | sed -n 3p | awk '{print $NF}')"
cd $BUILDDIR

# Build components and then install 
cd vmmon-only && sudo make 
cd ../vmnet-only && sudo make
cd .. && sudo make install 

# Return to the original directory and clean up
cd ..
rm player-$VERSION.zip*
rm -rf "$BUILDDIR"

I run Pop!_OS 21.10 and since it runs a cutting edge kernel, my vmware install gets fucked up fairly frequently. With such, you have to compile your own kernel modules (vmmon and vmnet) but the built in tool fails for some reason. This script grabs the latest build from the repo and builds them for you.

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Reminder: update before running, reboot after script finish.