Trying to install vmplayer in arch linux

Question

I used this article here:

VMware | ArchWiki

to try and install VMPlayer on Arch Linux. It seems to install correctly, but when I run it, it gives me errors. It sends these messages to the console:

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0: undefined symbol: g_action_group_action_added

(vmware-modconfig:6271): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/main.rc:728: error: unexpected identifier `direction', expected character `}'

(vmware-modconfig:6271): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

It then pops up a box saying

"Before you can run VMware, several modules must be complied and loaded into the running kernel".

I click on 'Install', and then another box pops up and says:

"Build environment error! A required application is missing and Modconfig can not continue. xzCheck the log for more details."

Solution

In my case I was having the error

vmware modconfig can not continue xzcheck debian

Checking /var/logs/message I saw that the issue was with libcanberra package not installed. Solved this issue with: sudo apt-get install libcanberra*

Comments

[Wieland]

Which one was the last step of that wiki page that you executed? What does the log say?

[Martin Nyolt]

Per the answer stated in the forum, did you ensure that your system is up-to-date (and maybe rebooted)? Do you have any GTK-related AUR packages that may be out of date?

[Thomas]

There is no apt command in ArchLinux, so your answer won't work.

[Konrad Holl]

Try this instead: sudo pacman -S base-devel

[Stephen Duffy]

This worked for me and made sense. Why does the perfect answer get a -1 yet the top answer suggests installing a whole gtk theme to fix an issue that's unrelated to gtk or themes.