How to install VMware Player in Arch Linux

Install VMware Player in Arch Linux:

 1. Create some necessary directories:

    VMware Player relies in a SysV init framework so we need to make it believe we have one. To do so execute the following as root:

    mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/vmware.d/rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}.d
    mkdir /etc/rc.d/vmware.d/init.d

 2. Start the installation:

    Start the VMware Player installation as root, for example:

    sudo VMware-Player-3.0.1-227600.i386.bundle

 3. When the installation program asks for the system service runlevels enter "/etc/rc.d/vmware.d/" without quotes.
 4. For the system service scripts use "/etc/rc.d/".
 5. Done! The installation should be finished in the next step.

Post installation things:

  If when you try to launch the player (vmplayer command) it crashes (i.e. nothing comes up, the window dissapears, ...) follow this
steps:

 1. Create a new file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/vmware.conf with the following content:

    /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
    /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8

 2. Run ldconfig as root.
 3. Done! You should be able to launch and run VMware Player now.