Support for VMWare Player 12 on Windows

[Franco Lombardo]

Hi all,

I see a similar question in the list (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/packer-tool/player$2012%7Csort:relevance/packer-tool/cdrKlLyvDqw/qNx9B7WUCwAJ), but there isn't actually any answer, so  I'll try to start a thread on this topic again.

If I'm not wrong, I think that VMWare player 12 isn't supported yet, isn't it?
Are there any plans to add support to this tool, could you give me any pointers on how to contribute adding this support?

Thanks a lot.

Bye

Franco

[Rickard von Essen]

I think VMware Workstation 12 Player is supported if it works, if it don't a patch is needed. 

The only ref I can find in our repo is this.

https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/pull/3451

If it doesn't work it would be awesome with a patch. To create a patch you need something like:

1) A clear understanding of how packer works with a previuous version of VMware Player, since it requires some  quirks. (vix, qemu-img etc.)

2) A functional install of Go, see https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

3) Be able to build master

4) Digg in to the code and understand how a VMware driver is implemented and selected, see

https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/blob/master/builder/vmware/common/driver_player6.go

https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/blob/master/builder/vmware/common/driver.go#L64

I'm unsure if the Workstation 12 Player is more related to Workstation or Player?

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Player on Linux should work on the versions in the binary.

Newer Version have a look at Rickard update.

For Windows, it seems it doesn't since doesn't have the required options, either due commercial restriction (From VMWare), or technical.

What version are you trying to use and whats your host OS ?

Thanks

Alvaro

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[Franco Lombardo]

Il giorno venerdì 30 settembre 2016 16:09:04 UTC+2, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera ha scritto:

What version are you trying to use and whats your host OS ?

Hi all,

thanks for your answers.

I'using "VMware Workstation 12 Player" on Windows 10.

By the way, what is the way to compile packer on Windows since there isn't "make" on this platform?

Thanks

Franco

[Franco Lombardo]

Il giorno venerdì 30 settembre 2016 17:16:04 UTC+2, Franco Lombardo ha scritto:

By the way, what is the way to compile packer on Windows since there isn't "make" on this platform?

I just tryed "go install" and it seems it works, eve if the size of the compiled program is bigger than the one you can download from the website. Does it include tests?

Thanks

Bye

Franco

[Rickard von Essen]

By the way, what is the way to compile packer on Windows since there isn't "make" on this platform?

You should probably install Cygwin with bash, make and maybe some more tools. 

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