I'm trying to install workstation 16.1 on a new RHEL 8.5 system with the CUI security profile selected at install.

When I run the bundle installer I get this in the /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-vmis-XXXX.log file:

Could not load Python library from /tmp/vmis.fEJk0t/install/vmware-installer/python/libpython3.8.so.1.0: /tmp/vmis.fEJk0t/install/vmware-installer/python/libpython3.8.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: Operation not permitted

The only other messages are warnings about optional configuration files missing.

I've tried removing the noexec option and remounting /tmp, rebooting, and setting SELinux to permissive with no change.

Any ideas on where to look next would be appreciated.

I can't change the VMIS_TEMP location without reverse-engineering the MAGIC_NUMBER code. (Note to devs : it would be really useful to be able to override VMIS_TEMP).