Install vmware

So on Debian you need to install build-essentials and linux headers.

chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle
sudo apt install -y build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
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Works on Debian 6.1.0-25-amd64

These are the steps on Ubuntu

chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle
wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-17.5.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf workstation-17.5.0.tar.gz
cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-17.5.0/
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/
sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar  /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
sudo /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-debug --new-sn ZZ352-2UZDQ-48EUZ-9WW7Z-WCKYD 
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On kali

As you can see, VMware installations can vary significantly depending on the distribution you are using. I recently installed VMware on Kali Linux, which is a rolling release distribution, and had to manually modify the source code to build the vmware-host-modules.

Initially, I tried to install the Linux headers, but they were not available for my kernel version. So, I upgraded my system:

└─$ sudo apt update
└─$ sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
└─$ reboot

After the reboot I was able to install linux-headers with this command:

└─$ sudo apt install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)

And then I did:

└─$ git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules
└─$ git checkout workstation-17.5.0
└─$ cd vmware-host-modules
└─$ cd vmnet-only
└─$ vim vmnetInt.h

I commented these lines:

// #define dev_lock_list()    read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
// #define dev_unlock_list()  read_unlock(&dev_base_lock)

And I added these ones:

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 9, 0)
#   define dev_lock_list()    rcu_read_lock()
#   define dev_unlock_list()  rcu_read_unlock()
#else
#   define dev_lock_list()    read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
#   define dev_unlock_list()  read_unlock(&dev_base_lock)
#endif

After that

└─$ make
└─$ sudo make install
└─$ vmware

Ahora al iniciar vmware tenía problemas con vmmon así que cerré vmware y ejecuté:

└─# sudo modprobe -v vmmon
└─# sudo modprobe -v vmnet
└─$ vmware

Lo saqué de: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49205162/install-vmware-could-not-open-dev-vmmon-no-such-file-or-directory-please-ma

And finally it works on KaliLinux

└─$ uname -a
Linux mimachine 6.10.9-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.10.9-1kali1 (2024-09-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux

I am researching now about open-vm-tools Thank you for your patience

Reparar error de ethernet vmnet0 could not found

https://superuser.com/questions/662027/getting-a-vmnet0-error-in-vmware-workstation-after-updating-host-computer-from-w

Edité la configuración en menu > virtual network editor > introduje contraseña en consola > borré las entradas y agregué una Bridged

Acá explican lo de compilar vmmon y vmnet

https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/question/vmware-workstation-pro-1752-on-ubuntu-2404-lts-compile-errors

Install vm-tools para compartir texto y archivos entre el host y la VM:

Dentro de la máquina virtual instalá

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
// sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
sudo reboot

Compartir carpetas (no hace falta agregar este servicio con el fstab es suficiente)

Para copiar una carpeta del guest al host, habilitá shared folder en edit virtual machine settings > options > shared folders.

Creá un archivo /etc/systemd/system/mnt-hgfs.mount

[Unit]
Description=VMware mount for hgfs
DefaultDependencies=no
Before=umount.target
ConditionVirtualization=vmware
After=sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount

[Mount]
What=vmhgfs-fuse
Where=/mnt/hgfs
Type=fuse
Options=default_permissions,allow_other

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

En el archivo /etc/modules-load.d/open-vm-tools.conf agregá o crealo si no existe:

fuse

Habilitá el servicio mnt-hgfs.mount con el siguiente comando:

sudo systemctl enable mnt-hgfs.mount # so that mount happens after reboot

Si aún no lo ha hecho, en la pestaña VMware de su máquina > Configuración > Configuración > Opciones > Carpetas compartidas > (completa la información para la ruta y el nombre del host)

Iniciá el servicio:

sudo systemctl start mnt-hgfs.mount

https://superuser.com/questions/1731780/vmware-shared-folder-not-showing-on-ubuntu-guest

Como compartir carpetas entre el host y el guest.

If not already done, in VMware tab for your machine > Settings > Settings > Options > Shared Folders > (fill in information for Host Path and Name)

Came across this solution on VMware website:

* Open a root shell in the VM
* Make sure the /mnt/hgfs directory exists. If not, create it.
* Add the following line to /etc/fstab: `vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs  fuse defaults,allow_other,_netdev   0   0`
* Then reboot your VM. The shared folders should now appear at the mount point /mnt/hgfs

El drag and drop no funciona, porque lee los archivos desde una dirección errónea, los copiia a /tmp/VMwareDnD/folder_name/file.tar.gz y cuando lo pegás lo quiere copiar desde /folder_name/file.tar.gz

Pasa archivos a través de SSH

Run these commands on guest and host machines:

hostname -I (get the IP address from the guest machine)
sudo apt install -y openssh-server
sudo systemctl enable ssh
sudo systemctl start ssh
sudo apt install -y rsync

How to run all rsync commands without password:

You will have to run these commands on the host and the guest machine:

### Generate ssh key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@gmail.com"
ssh-copy-id remote_username@remote_server_ip_address
rsync -v file.tar.gz GUEST_IP:/any/location
### If you wanna transfer entire folder you can use the r option: rsync -rv my_folder/ GUEST_IP:/any/location
You can run rsync with the u option. What the u option does is it says: "only re-upload those files that have changed since I last edited them"

I think rsync works on putty too.

Lo que luke smith usaba para actualizar su página

rsync -uvrP --delete-after ~/.local/src/newweb/ root@server_ip:/var/www/test