To successfully install VMware Workstation 12.5.9 (and probably 14.x also) in
Ubuntu 18.04, follow this procedure:
1. Do the normal installation of VMWare Workstation. Do not run vmware yet. It
will fail anyway.
2. Do a git clone (or download as zip package) of the vmware-host-modules
project hosted in https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules. Make sure to
read the README to understand what branch you need to checkout. Detailed
instructions for doing this is in the INSTALL document. For example: If you are
installing Workstation 12.5.9, then you'd do:
git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
git checkout workstation-12.5.9
(This project is recommended by:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware#Kernel_modules).
3. cd to the git repo dir (vmware-host-modules) and follow the instructions in
the INSTALL document of the project to "Build and install modules - DIRECTLY",
i.e., the section "2a." as of this writing. This is important, as it will
ensure that your modules are build specifically for your CURRENT kernel. Follow
all the steps carefully. You are NOT done yet. If you run vmware at this point,
you will get the error that this bug mentions. Next step, you'll fix it.
4. Enter the following sequence of commands in the console:
cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1
sudo mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.old
sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 .
sudo depmod -a
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart
5. If all went OK, you should be ready by know. VMware Workstation (at
least 12.5.9 on Ubuntu 18.04) now should work.
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