How to fix Unable to Install all modules VMware Workstation Linux
VMware Player and Workstation Pro provide great functionality - when you can get it to work. The most common issue I (and most other Linux users) have faced with running this great software is the following error when attempting to launch the product:
Unable to install all modules. See log /tmp/vmware-[username]/vmware-#####.log for details. (Exit code 1)
I did a video in June of 2022 on how to install VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Ubuntu 22.04, specifically to highlight this issue and the quick and easy solution to it. When Workstation Pro 17 was released, I thought VMware had FINALLY built in a solution to the issue because for several kernel udpates, it automatically rebuilt the necessary modules without issue... until recently... The issue has returned.
Fortunately, the github repo I referenced in my video last year has been kept up to date and worked fine for me on my Fedora 38 system with Workstation Pro 17.0.2
As you can see here, I've already downloaded and extracted the latest files from the repo, and ran the following two commands:
make
sudo make install
Once I did that, VMware Workstation Pro 17.0.2 launched without issue!
I've linked my original video in the description here and have also linked the GitHub repo for quick reference.
Good luck, I hope the solution works for you and I really hope VMware can get back to automatically handling kernel updates. Until then, I will continue to reference my own video walk-through if/when necessary.
Software Used:
DaVinci Resolve 18.5 for Linux (Free) - public beta
Fedora Workstation 38 (kernel 6.4.12)
OBS Studio
VMware Workstation Pro 17.0.2
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