VMware Workstation fails to install

On a fresh and new installation of CL I cannot install VMware Workstation anymore. It worked some weeks ago, something has changed it seems.

VMware-Workstation-Full-15.5.1-15018445.x86_64.bundle

boo@t520~/Downloads $ sudo sh VM*.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Rolling back VMware VMX 15.5.1
    Deconfiguring...
Uninstalling VMware Installer 3.0.0
    Deconfiguring...
[######################################################################] 100%
Installation was unsuccessful.
boo@t520~/Downloads $ 

The logfile shows:

 2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Log for VMware Workstation pid=62035 version=15.5.1 build=build-15018445 option=Release
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: The process is 64-bit.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Host is Linux 5.3.11-868.native Clear Linux OS Clear Linux OS 31660
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/config": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/config": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/config. Using default values.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
    2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/preferences. Using default values.

It’s odd that the installer does not create any directories or files required …

This looks okay. All of those paths are optional/alternative locations for configuration to exist, not required.

Fixed, new is to add the requirement to ignore errors:

sudo su -
./VM*.bundle --console --eulas-agreed --ignore-errors

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