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puertas12
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‎02-04-2018 12:12 PM

vmplayer does not start: An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.

Dear all,

I am on Debian 9 and vmware player 14.

I open a shell and execute the following:

% vmplayer

The following output is displayed:

> [AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.

> An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.

A vmware window is also displayed (see attached document)

Does anyone had this problem before? Can someone suggest me smth to solve the problem?

Thanks.

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bluefirestorm
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‎02-04-2018 06:58 PM

The libaio messages is not the problem. I see those messages for a VMware Player 12.5.9 on Ubuntu and it runs fine. The picture you attached shows that the kernel development headers are not installed.

Run these commands from Terminal to install the necessary software/packages.

apt-get install net-tools

apt-get install gcc-6 gcc-6-multilib

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) libx11-6 libx11-dev xorg xorg-docs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential

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sdavis4fun
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‎08-22-2018 12:16 PM

This answer solved my issue. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 and VMware Workstation 14 PRO and got this same error. After updating per bluefirstorm, the kernel recompile for VMware was successful and the application opened as expected. Thanks bluefirestorm for taking the time to post!

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jagarridoh
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‎09-18-2019 12:56 PM

Thanks for your answer. I had the same problem running VMWare Workstation PRO 15 on Ubuntu 19.04 and solved the problem.

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tteikhua
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‎12-06-2019 05:43 PM

I am on Ubuntu 18.04, and had followed bluestorm advice of installation, but upon "vmware" it still prompt me for the "libaio" warning.

So after "sudo apt-get install libaio-dev" the message is no longer showing - as shown below.

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weissblauundhei
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‎01-04-2020 05:24 PM

Hi all,

encountering the same problem I followed your suggestions above but unfortunately the VM still won't start. I'm running

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, Release: 18.04 and VMware-Player-15.5.1-15018445.

Virtualization is switched on in the BIOS and all folders and data are writeable. Do I have to compile a new VMWare-ready kernel as stated above and if so do I need special preferences?

Thanks for any hints

Marcus

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