I have tried installing VMware Workstation 14.1.7 Pro for Linux on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but keep getting an error.
I ran the following commands:
$ sudo chmod +x ~/Downloads/VMware-Workstation-Full-14*.bundle
$ sudo apt-get -y install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms
I than ran VMware using the icon and received the following pop-up:
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be complied and loaded into the running kernel.
I then clicked Install, but an error is returned referencing /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-14536.log. The best I can tell, everything is okay in /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-14536.log up until the following logs:
2020-01-03T15:22:36.582-05:00| vthread-1| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/build/include" for the kernel "5.0.0-37-generic" is valid. Whoohoo!
2020-01-03T15:22:36.721-05:00| vthread-1| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/build/Module.symvers
2020-01-03T15:22:36.721-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/build/Module.symvers.
2020-01-03T15:22:36.739-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Read 23297 symbol versions
2020-01-03T15:22:36.739-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2020-01-03T15:22:36.741-05:00| vthread-1| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2020-01-03T15:22:36.741-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2020-01-03T15:22:36.743-05:00| vthread-1| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2020-01-03T15:22:37.174-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Setting destination path for vmmon to "/lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko".
2020-01-03T15:22:37.174-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Extracting the vmmon source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar".
2020-01-03T15:22:37.182-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Successfully extracted the vmmon source.
2020-01-03T15:22:37.182-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j8 -C /tmp/modconfig-HeMShg/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"
2020-01-03T15:22:38.878-05:00| vthread-1| W115: Failed to build vmmon. Failed to execute the build command.
2020-01-03T15:22:38.880-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/misc/vmnet.ko".
2020-01-03T15:22:38.880-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar".
2020-01-03T15:22:38.885-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.
2020-01-03T15:22:38.885-05:00| vthread-1| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j8 -C /tmp/modconfig-HeMShg/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-37-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"
2020-01-03T15:22:40.846-05:00| vthread-1| W115: Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command.
Any help to resolve would be appreciated.
Regards,
Ultrajones
