Hi IntenseMilk,

I had the same problem when trying to install Arch+i3wm+vmwaretools(10.1.6)

Problem:

when invoking vmware-install.pl, I got:

Failed to stop vmware-tools.service or vmware-tools-thinprint.service

Solution:

After invoking vmware-install.pl with a "Execution Aborted" message.

Execute:

sudo perl /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --skip-stop-start

This will allow you to finish your installation/configuration.

You can check that: /etc/init.d/rc0.d and rc6.d have files for you next steps of configuring your guest.