🚀 VMware Workstation Installer & Patcher

Welcome to the VMware Workstation Installer & Patcher script! This script helps you install VMware Workstation, fetch necessary dependencies, and patch VMware modules to get your setup working on Linux distributions on Arch, Debian and Fedora.

✨ Features

• 💻 Install VMware Workstation: Download and install VMware Workstation automatically.
• 🔧 Patch VMware Modules: Clone, compile, and patch the required VMware modules.
• 🛠️ Dry Run Mode: Preview the commands that will be executed without making any changes.
• 🔗 Automated Cleanup: Cleans up temporary files and directories after execution.

📦 Installation

To get the script you can just clone the repo and link it to ~/.local/bin:

git clone https://github.com/MrSom3body/vmware-installer
cd vmware-installer
chmod +x vmware_installer.sh
ln -sf $PWD/vmware_installer.sh ~/.local/bin/vmware_installer.sh

⚙️ Usage

Usage:
  ./vmware_installer.sh [options]

Options:
  -h  Show this help message
  -n  Dry run, only print the commands that would be executed

🛠️ Prerequisites

Make sure your system has the following dependencies:

• git
• kernel-headers
• make
• fzf

📦 Supported Linux Distributions

• Arch
• Debian
• Fedora

🎨 Colors

• 🟢 Green: Successful actions.
• 🟠 Orange: Informational messages.
• 🔴 Red: Errors or critical issues.
• ⚪ Grey: Dry-run commands (won't be executed unless dry-run mode is turned off).