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vmrun executable not found - Ubuntu 22 #735

Open HarimbolaSantatra opened 1 month ago

HarimbolaSantatra commented 1 month ago

Describe the bug

After installing VMPlayer, the vmrun utility is absent. This thread said that

the vmrun utility should be part of the open-vm-tools package.

The official documentation said that

No configuration is needed to use the vmrun utility on a Windows or Linux host

Reproduction steps

  1. Install vmplayer
  2. Install open-vm-tools: sudo apt-get install -y open-vm-tools
  3. which vmrun The last command returns 1

Expected behavior

which vmrun should yield the path to vmrun

Additional context

HarimbolaSantatra commented 1 month ago

Or i may be wrong! Could vmrun only be available on Workstation Pro ? From the official doc:

You can use the vmrun command-line utility in Workstation Pro

zhoumgh commented 1 month ago

https://www.nakivo.com/blog/vmware-workstation-pro-vs-player/

HarimbolaSantatra commented 4 days ago

Seems like vmrun is not available for VmPlayer anymore.

The VIX API was a popular developer interface for VMware Workstation and other hosted products. It has been deprecated for vSphere. For similar functionality, see Guest Operations in vSphere Web Services. (Source)