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Downloads:

112,970

Downloads of v 12.5.1:

508

Last Update:

31 Oct 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • VMware
  • Inc.

Tags:

virtualization vmware desktop admin

VMware Workstation 12 Player

This is not the latest version of VMware Workstation 12 Player available.

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12.5.1 | Updated: 31 Oct 2016

Downloads:

112,970

Downloads of v 12.5.1:

508

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • VMware
  • Inc.

VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.5.1

This is not the latest version of VMware Workstation 12 Player available.

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  • 2
  • 3

All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install VMware Workstation 12 Player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade VMware Workstation 12 Player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall VMware Workstation 12 Player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade vmware-workstation-player -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'12.5.1'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade vmware-workstation-player -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'12.5.1'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install vmware-workstation-player
  win_chocolatey:
    name: vmware-workstation-player
    version: '12.5.1'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'vmware-workstation-player' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '12.5.1'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller vmware-workstation-player
{
    Name     = "vmware-workstation-player"
    Version  = "12.5.1"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'vmware-workstation-player':
  ensure   => '12.5.1',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 07 Nov 2016.

Description

VMware Workstation Player (formerly known as Player Pro) is a desktop virtualization application that is available for free for personal use. A Commercial License can be applied to enable Workstation Player to run Restricted Virtual Machines created by VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro.


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = 'vmware-workstation-player'
  fileType       = 'EXE'
  url64bit       = 'https://download3.vmware.com/software/player/file/VMware-player-12.5.1-4542065.exe'
  softwareName   = 'vmware-workstation-player*'
  checksum64     = 'A1B23961CED2D4660997DD6A12DE6E5034C14E03F248ADBD0C4ED89BB9177110'
  checksumType64 = 'sha256'
  silentArgs     = '/s /v"/qn" EULAS_AGREED=1'
  validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';

$registryKey = '{646FD2AF-74E5-462C-82EE-1860DD252BF6}'
$msiDir = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "hklm:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$registryKey").InstallSource

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = 'vmware-workstation-player'
  fileType       = 'MSI'
  silentArgs     = "`"$msiDir$registryKey.msi`" /quiet"   # MSI file name is here to get around choco's bug.
  file           = ''                                     # This will be ignored.
  validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
}

Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
VMware Workstation Player 17.5.0.22583795 7434 Friday, October 20, 2023 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2.21581411 10240 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 17.0.1.21139696 5126 Monday, February 6, 2023 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 17.0.0.20800274 4246 Friday, November 18, 2022 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.5.20904516 74 Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.4.20089737 6171 Friday, July 22, 2022 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.3.19376536 9894 Monday, March 14, 2022 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.2.19200509 3481 Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.1.18811642 5560 Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.2.0.18760230 3247 Thursday, October 14, 2021 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.1.2.17966106 6402 Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.1.1.17801498 3859 Friday, April 2, 2021 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.1.0.17198959 5827 Friday, November 20, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 16.0.0.16894299 4454 Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.7.17171714 202 Friday, November 20, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.6.16341506 5102 Saturday, June 13, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.5.16285975 1603 Friday, May 29, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.2.15785246 4263 Monday, March 16, 2020 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.1.15018445 4941 Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.5.0.14665864 2109 Friday, September 20, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.1.0.13591040 3346 Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 15.0.4 1462 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 14.1.8.14921873 189 Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 14.1.7 488 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation Player 12.5.9 549 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Approved
VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.5.4 6125 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Approved
VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.5.2 1759 Saturday, November 19, 2016 Approved
VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.5.1 508 Monday, October 31, 2016 Approved
VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.5.0 560 Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Approved
VMware Workstation 12 Player 12.1.1 470 Thursday, September 1, 2016 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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