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Install VMware Workstation on Linux 3.19 kernel

VMware Workstation fails to install on 3.19 kernel. Luckily, VMware is on the ball. Just need to patch and compile to make it work.

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Since 3.19 kernel the vmnet module will fail to build.

A patch is available at [1]:

$ curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Extract the vmnet module sources:

$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# tar -xf vmnet.tar

Apply the patch:

# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Recreate the archive:

# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only

Remove leftover:

# rm -r *-only

Rebuild modules:

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
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