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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Download VMware Fusion for macOS without a Broadcom account. | |
| # | |
| # This script allows you to download various versions of VMware Fusion | |
| # from Broadcom's Cloudflare CDN (versions 8.0.0 to 13.6.3) | |
| # or from the archive.org VMware Workstation archive (versions 8.x.x+). | |
| # | |
| # Options: | |
| # -k: Keep the downloaded file compressed (Cloudflare only; ignored for archive.org). | |
| # -s <source>: Specify source (archive.org or cloudflare). | |
| # -v <version>: Specify version (only supports 13.x.x+ universal builds). | |
| # | |
| # Usage: $0 [-k] [-s <archive.org|cloudflare>] [-v <version>] | |
| BASE_URL="https://softwareupdate-prod.broadcom.com/cds/vmw-desktop" | |
| CDN_MIRROR="softwareupdate-prod.broadcom.com:443:softwareupdate-prod.broadcom.com.cdn.cloudflare.net:443" | |
| ARCHIVE_BASE_URL="https://archive.org/download/vmwareworkstationarchive/Fusion" | |
| # Cloudflare CDN metadata | |
| read -r -d '' XML_DATA << 'EOF' | |
| <metalist> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.0.0/2985594/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.0.1/3094680/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.0.2/3164312/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.1.0/3272237/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.1.1/3771013/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.0/4352717/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.1/4543325/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.10/7527438/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.2/4635224/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.3/4696910/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.4/5115894/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.5/5192483/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.6/5234762/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.7/5528452/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.8/5824040/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>8.0.0</version><url>fusion/8.5.9/7098239/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.0.0/6665085/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.0.1/6754183/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.0/7370838/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.1/7520154/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.2/8502123/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.3/9472307/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.4/10700604/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.5/10950653/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>10.0.0</version><url>fusion/10.1.6/12989998/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.0.0</version><url>fusion/11.0.0/10120384/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.0.0</version><url>fusion/11.0.1/10738065/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.0.0</version><url>fusion/11.0.2/10952296/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.0.0</version><url>fusion/11.0.3/12992109/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.0.0</version><url>fusion/11.1.0/13668589/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.0/14634996/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.1/15018442/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.2/15794494/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.3/15870345/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.5/16269456/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.6/16696540/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>11.5.0</version><url>fusion/11.5.7/17130923/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.1.0/17195230/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.1.1/17801503/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.1.2/17964953/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.0/18760249/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.0/18760249/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.1/18811640/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.1/18811640/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.3/19436697/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.3/19436697/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.4/20071091/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.4/20071091/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.5/20904517/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>12.0.0</version><url>fusion/12.2.5/20904517/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-x86_64</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.0.0/20802013/x86/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-arm64</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.0.0/20802013/arm64/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.0.0/20802013/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.0.1/21139760/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.0.2/21581413/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.5.0/22583790/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.5.1/23298085/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.5.2/23775688/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.6.0/24238079/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.6.1/24319021/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.6.2/24409261/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| <metadata><productid>fusion-universal</productid><version>13.0.0</version><url>fusion/13.6.3/24585314/universal/core/</url></metadata> | |
| </metalist> | |
| EOF | |
| KEEP_COMPRESSED=false | |
| SOURCE="" | |
| VERSION="" | |
| usage() { | |
| echo "Usage: $0 [-k] [-s <archive.org|cloudflare>] [-v <version>]" | |
| echo " -k: Keep the downloaded file compressed (Cloudflare only; ignored for archive.org)" | |
| echo " -s: Specify source (archive.org or cloudflare)" | |
| echo " -v: Specify version (only supports 13.x.x+ universal builds)" | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| validate_version_format() { | |
| local version="$1" | |
| if [[ ! $version =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: Version '$version' must be in the format x.y.z (e.g., 13.0.0)." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| local major_version | |
| major_version=$(echo "$version" | cut -d'.' -f1) | |
| if [[ $major_version -lt 13 ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: Only universale builds for v13.0.0 and higher are allowed." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| while getopts "ks:v:" opt; do | |
| case $opt in | |
| k) KEEP_COMPRESSED=true ;; | |
| s) SOURCE="$OPTARG" ;; | |
| v) VERSION="$OPTARG"; validate_version_format "$VERSION" ;; | |
| *) usage ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| requirements_check() { | |
| command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: curl is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: grep is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| command -v awk >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: awk is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| command -v sed >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: sed is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: tar is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| command -v sort >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: sort is required but not installed." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| } | |
| get_product_ids() { | |
| echo "$XML_DATA" | sed -n 's/.*<productid>\(.*\)<\/productid>.*/\1/p' | sort -u | |
| } | |
| get_base_versions_for_product() { | |
| local product_id="$1" | |
| echo "$XML_DATA" | awk -v prodid="$product_id" ' | |
| BEGIN { RS="</metadata>" } | |
| $0 ~ "<productid>" prodid "</productid>" { | |
| if (match($0, /<version>[^<]+<\/version>/)) { | |
| line = $0 | |
| sub(/.*<version>/, "", line) | |
| sub(/<\/version>.*/, "", line) | |
| print line | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ' | $SORT_UNIQUE_CMD | |
| } | |
| get_full_versions_and_urls() { | |
| local product_id="$1" | |
| local base_version="$2" | |
| echo "$XML_DATA" | awk -v prodid="$product_id" -v basever="$base_version" ' | |
| BEGIN { RS="</metadata>" } | |
| ($0 ~ "<productid>" prodid "</productid>") && ($0 ~ "<version>" basever "</version>") { | |
| if (match($0, /<url>[^<]+<\/url>/)) { | |
| line = $0 | |
| sub(/.*<url>/, "", line) | |
| sub(/<\/url>.*/, "", line) | |
| url_path = line | |
| split(url_path, parts, "/") | |
| print parts[2], url_path | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ' | $SORT_CMD | |
| } | |
| get_cloudflare_universal_versions() { | |
| echo "$XML_DATA" | awk -v prodid="fusion-universal" ' | |
| BEGIN { RS="</metadata>" } | |
| $0 ~ "<productid>" prodid "</productid>" { | |
| if (match($0, /<url>[^<]+<\/url>/)) { | |
| line = $0 | |
| sub(/.*<url>/, "", line) | |
| sub(/<\/url>.*/, "", line) | |
| split(line, parts, "/") | |
| print parts[2] | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ' | $SORT_UNIQUE_CMD | |
| } | |
| get_cloudflare_version_url() { | |
| local version="$1" | |
| echo "$XML_DATA" | awk -v prodid="fusion-universal" -v ver="$version" ' | |
| BEGIN { RS="</metadata>" } | |
| ($0 ~ "<productid>" prodid "</productid>") && ($0 ~ ver "/") { | |
| if (match($0, /<url>[^<]+<\/url>/)) { | |
| line = $0 | |
| sub(/.*<url>/, "", line) | |
| sub(/<\/url>.*/, "", line) | |
| url_path = line | |
| split(url_path, parts, "/") | |
| print parts[2], url_path | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ' | head -n 1 | |
| } | |
| get_archive_major_versions() { | |
| local html | |
| html=$(curl -s -f -L --max-time 30 "$ARCHIVE_BASE_URL/" || { echo "Error: Failed to fetch archive.org page." >&2; exit 1; }) | |
| echo "$html" | grep -o '<a href="\([0-9][0-9]*\.x/\)"' | sed 's/<a href="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/' | sed 's|/$||' | $SORT_UNIQUE_CMD | |
| } | |
| get_archive_full_versions() { | |
| local major_version="$1" | |
| local html | |
| html=$(curl -s -f -L --max-time 30 "$ARCHIVE_BASE_URL/$major_version/" || { echo "Error: Failed to fetch archive.org page for $major_version." >&2; exit 1; }) | |
| echo "$html" | grep -o '<a href="VMware-Fusion-[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*[^"]*\.dmg"' | sed 's/<a href="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/' | while read -r filename; do | |
| if [[ $filename =~ VMware-Fusion-([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) ]]; then | |
| echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]} $filename" | |
| fi | |
| done | $SORT_CMD | |
| } | |
| validate_cloudflare_version() { | |
| local version="$1" | |
| local valid_versions | |
| valid_versions=$(get_cloudflare_universal_versions) | |
| if ! echo "$valid_versions" | grep -Fx "$version" >/dev/null; then | |
| echo "Error: Version '$version' is not available for universal builds on Cloudflare. Available versions:" >&2 | |
| echo "$valid_versions" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| validate_archive_version() { | |
| local version="$1" | |
| local major_version | |
| major_version=$(echo "$version" | cut -d'.' -f1) | |
| if [[ $major_version -lt 13 ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: Version '$version' is not supported for archive.org (only 13.0.0+ allowed)." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| local full_versions | |
| full_versions=$(get_archive_full_versions "13.x" | awk '{print $1}') | |
| if ! echo "$full_versions" | grep -Fx "$version" >/dev/null; then | |
| echo "Error: Version '$version' is not available on archive.org. Available versions:" >&2 | |
| echo "$full_versions" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| check_url() { | |
| local url=$1 | |
| curl -s --head -L --connect-to "$CDN_MIRROR" --max-time 30 "$url" | head -n 1 | grep "200" >/dev/null | |
| } | |
| download_archive_file() { | |
| local major_version="$1" | |
| local filename="$2" | |
| local version="$3" | |
| local download_url="$ARCHIVE_BASE_URL/$major_version/$filename" | |
| local download_file="$DOWNLOAD_DIR/$filename" | |
| local max_retries=3 | |
| local retry_delay=5 | |
| local attempt=1 | |
| echo "Attempting to download from URL: $download_url" | |
| while [ $attempt -le $max_retries ]; do | |
| echo "Attempt $attempt of $max_retries..." | |
| if [ $attempt -gt 1 ] && [ -f "$download_file" ]; then | |
| echo "Resuming partial download..." | |
| fi | |
| if curl -k -q --progress-bar -f -L -C - --max-time 300 -o "$download_file" "$download_url"; then | |
| echo -e "\nDownload successful." | |
| echo "Downloaded file location: $download_file" | |
| return 0 | |
| else | |
| echo "Attempt $attempt failed." >&2 | |
| if [ $attempt -lt $max_retries ]; then | |
| echo "Retrying in $retry_delay seconds..." | |
| sleep $retry_delay | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| ((attempt++)) | |
| done | |
| echo "Error: Download failed after $max_retries attempts." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| requirements_check | |
| if sort --version 2>/dev/null | grep -q "GNU coreutils"; then | |
| SORT_CMD="sort -V" | |
| SORT_UNIQUE_CMD="sort -uV" | |
| else | |
| SORT_CMD="sort -t. -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n -k4,4n" | |
| SORT_UNIQUE_CMD="sort -t. -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n -k4,4n -u" | |
| fi | |
| IS_MACOS=false | |
| if [[ $(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') == "darwin"* ]]; then | |
| IS_MACOS=true | |
| else | |
| KEEP_COMPRESSED=true | |
| echo "Warning: Not running on macOS. Downloaded file will be kept compressed." >&2 | |
| fi | |
| if [[ -n "$SOURCE" ]]; then | |
| case "$SOURCE" in | |
| archive.org|cloudflare) ;; | |
| *) echo "Error: Invalid source '$SOURCE'. Must be 'archive.org' or 'cloudflare'." >&2; usage ;; | |
| esac | |
| else | |
| echo "Select Download Source:" | |
| echo "1. Archive.org" | |
| echo " - v8.x - 12.x ; x86_64 only" | |
| echo " - v13.x - 13.6.4 and up ; universal only" | |
| echo " - Potentially slower downloads" | |
| echo "2. Cloudflare CDN" | |
| echo " - v8.0.0 - 13.6.3 ONLY ; includes all architectures" | |
| echo " - Faster downloads from official CDN" | |
| echo " - Core installers only ; no bundled VMware Tools" | |
| read -p "Enter the number of your choice (default is 1): " choice | |
| case "$choice" in | |
| 2) SOURCE="cloudflare" ;; | |
| ""|1) | |
| SOURCE="archive.org" | |
| if $KEEP_COMPRESSED; then | |
| echo "Warning: -k is ignored for archive.org downloads, as files are already uncompressed .dmg files." >&2 | |
| fi | |
| ;; | |
| *) echo "Error: Invalid choice. Please enter 1 or 2." >&2; exit 1 ;; | |
| esac | |
| fi | |
| if [[ -n "$VERSION" ]]; then | |
| validate_version_format "$VERSION" | |
| if [[ "$SOURCE" == "cloudflare" ]]; then | |
| validate_cloudflare_version "$VERSION" | |
| else | |
| validate_archive_version "$VERSION" | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| if [[ "$SOURCE" == "archive.org" ]]; then | |
| if [[ -n "$VERSION" ]]; then | |
| selected_major_version="13.x" | |
| selected_version="$VERSION" | |
| selected_filename=$(get_archive_full_versions "13.x" | grep "^$VERSION " | awk '{print $2}') | |
| if [[ -z "$selected_filename" ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: Could not find filename for version $VERSION on archive.org." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Selected VMware Fusion $selected_version from archive.org" | |
| else | |
| echo "Fetching available base versions from archive.org..." | |
| major_versions=() | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| major_versions+=("$line") | |
| done < <(get_archive_major_versions) | |
| [[ ${#major_versions[@]} -eq 0 ]] && { echo "Error: No base versions found on archive.org." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| PS3="Select a major version: " | |
| select selected_major_version in "${major_versions[@]}"; do | |
| [[ -n "$selected_major_version" ]] && break || echo "Invalid selection. Please try again." | |
| done | |
| echo "Fetching available full versions for $selected_major_version..." | |
| full_versions=() | |
| filenames=() | |
| while IFS=' ' read -r version filename; do | |
| full_versions+=("$version") | |
| filenames+=("$filename") | |
| done < <(get_archive_full_versions "$selected_major_version") | |
| [[ ${#full_versions[@]} -eq 0 ]] && { echo "Error: No full versions found for $selected_major_version." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| PS3="Select a full version to download: " | |
| select selected_version in "${full_versions[@]}"; do | |
| if [[ -n "$selected_version" ]]; then | |
| selected_filename="${filenames[$REPLY-1]}" | |
| break | |
| else | |
| echo "Invalid selection. Please try again." | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "Selected VMware Fusion $selected_version from archive.org" | |
| fi | |
| DOWNLOAD_DIR="${HOME}/Downloads" | |
| mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" | |
| download_archive_file "$selected_major_version" "$selected_filename" "$selected_version" | |
| if $IS_MACOS; then | |
| xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${selected_filename}" &>/dev/null | |
| LICENSE_FILES=$(ls -1 "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/license-fusion"* 2>/dev/null) | |
| if [[ -n "${LICENSE_FILES}" ]]; then | |
| echo -e "\nNotice: Existing license file(s) found." >&2 | |
| echo "Deletion may be required if converting to the 'Free for Personal Use' model." >&2 | |
| echo "To remove them, run the following command(s):" >&2 | |
| for LICENSE_FILE in ${LICENSE_FILES}; do | |
| echo "sudo rm \"${LICENSE_FILE}\"" >&2 | |
| done | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| echo -e "\nFinished." | |
| echo "VMware Fusion .dmg location: ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${selected_filename}" | |
| else | |
| if [[ -n "$VERSION" ]]; then | |
| selected_product="fusion-universal" | |
| read -r selected_version url_path <<< "$(get_cloudflare_version_url "$VERSION")" | |
| if [[ -z "$selected_version" || -z "$url_path" ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: Could not find URL path for version $VERSION on Cloudflare." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Selected VMware Fusion $selected_version (universal) from Cloudflare CDN" | |
| VERSION="$selected_version" | |
| URL_PATH="$url_path" | |
| BUILD=$(echo "$URL_PATH" | cut -d'/' -f3) | |
| else | |
| echo "Fetching available architectures..." | |
| products=() | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| products+=("$line") | |
| done < <(get_product_ids) | |
| [[ ${#products[@]} -eq 0 ]] && { echo "No product architectures found in XML data. Exiting." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| PS3="Select an architecture: " | |
| select selected_product in "${products[@]}"; do | |
| [[ -n "$selected_product" ]] && break || echo "Invalid selection. Please try again." | |
| done | |
| echo "Fetching available base versions for $selected_product..." | |
| base_versions=() | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| base_versions+=("$line") | |
| done < <(get_base_versions_for_product "$selected_product") | |
| [[ ${#base_versions[@]} -eq 0 ]] && { echo "No base versions found for $selected_product. Exiting." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| PS3="Select a base version: " | |
| select selected_base_version in "${base_versions[@]}"; do | |
| [[ -n "$selected_base_version" ]] && break || echo "Invalid selection. Please try again." | |
| done | |
| echo "Fetching available full versions under $selected_base_version..." | |
| version_url_pairs=() | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| version_url_pairs+=("$line") | |
| done < <(get_full_versions_and_urls "$selected_product" "$selected_base_version") | |
| [[ ${#version_url_pairs[@]} -eq 0 ]] && { echo "No full versions found for the selected criteria. Exiting." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| display_versions=() | |
| for item in "${version_url_pairs[@]}"; do | |
| display_versions+=("$(echo "$item" | awk '{print $1}')") | |
| done | |
| PS3="Select a full version to download: " | |
| select full_version_selected in "${display_versions[@]}"; do | |
| if [[ -n "$full_version_selected" ]]; then | |
| selected_pair="${version_url_pairs[$REPLY-1]}" | |
| read -r VERSION URL_PATH <<< "$selected_pair" | |
| break | |
| else | |
| echo "Invalid selection. Please try again." | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| BUILD=$(echo "$URL_PATH" | cut -d'/' -f3) | |
| echo "Selected VMware Fusion $VERSION (Build $BUILD) from Cloudflare CDN" | |
| fi | |
| [[ -z "$VERSION" || -z "$BUILD" || -z "$URL_PATH" ]] && { echo "Error: Could not determine version, build, or URL path. Exiting." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| DOWNLOAD_URL="${BASE_URL}/${URL_PATH}com.vmware.fusion.zip.tar" | |
| DOWNLOAD_DIR="${HOME}/Downloads" | |
| DOWNLOAD_FILE="${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/com.vmware.fusion-${VERSION}-${BUILD}.zip.tar" | |
| UNZIP_DIR="${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/com.vmware.fusion-${VERSION}-${BUILD}" | |
| APP_PATH="${UNZIP_DIR}/VMware Fusion.app" | |
| echo "Downloading VMware Fusion v${VERSION} (${BUILD})..." | |
| mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" | |
| check_url "$DOWNLOAD_URL" || { echo "Error: Installer file not found at $DOWNLOAD_URL. Please check the XML data or network connection." >&2; exit 1; } | |
| curl -k -q --progress-bar -f -L --max-time 300 -o "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" --connect-to "$CDN_MIRROR" "${DOWNLOAD_URL}" || { | |
| echo "Error: Download failed for ${DOWNLOAD_URL}." >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| if $KEEP_COMPRESSED; then | |
| echo -e "\nFinished. Downloaded file location: ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Extracting tar..." | |
| mkdir -p "${UNZIP_DIR}" | |
| tar -xf "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" -C "${UNZIP_DIR}" || { | |
| echo "Error: Extraction of tar file failed. The file may be corrupt." >&2 | |
| echo "Downloaded file location: ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" >&2 | |
| rm -rf "${UNZIP_DIR}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| echo "Extracting zip..." | |
| unzip -q "${UNZIP_DIR}/com.vmware.fusion.zip" "payload/VMware Fusion.app/*" -d "${UNZIP_DIR}" || { | |
| echo "Error: Extraction of zip file failed. The file may be corrupt." >&2 | |
| echo "Downloaded file location: ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" >&2 | |
| rm -rf "${UNZIP_DIR}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| echo "Cleaning up..." | |
| mv "${UNZIP_DIR}/payload/VMware Fusion.app" "${APP_PATH}" | |
| if $IS_MACOS; then | |
| xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "${APP_PATH}" &>/dev/null | |
| fi | |
| rm -rf "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" "${UNZIP_DIR}/com.vmware.fusion.zip" "${UNZIP_DIR}/descriptor.xml" "${UNZIP_DIR}/payload" 2>/dev/null | |
| if $IS_MACOS; then | |
| LICENSE_FILES=$(ls -1 "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/license-fusion"* 2>/dev/null) | |
| if [[ -n "${LICENSE_FILES}" ]]; then | |
| echo -e "\nNotice: Existing license file(s) found." >&2 | |
| echo "Deletion may be required if converting to the 'Free for Personal Use' model." >&2 | |
| echo "To remove them, run the following command(s):" >&2 | |
| for LICENSE_FILE in ${LICENSE_FILES}; do | |
| echo "sudo rm \"${LICENSE_FILE}\"" >&2 | |
| done | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| echo -e "\nFinished. You can now move the app to your desired location." | |
| echo "VMware Fusion.app location: ${APP_PATH}" | |
| fi |
I was inspired by this to create a script that automatically grabs the latest version and installs it. It tracks the installed version and will update if a newer version is available. Thanks!
https://gist.github.com/johnvilsack/c2ce32e99e6a8999ef8421510508a300
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-kto keep download file compressed, exiting after download (ignored for v13.6.4 and higher)-s <source>to choose from Cloudflare (versions 8.0.0 to 13.6.3) or archive.org (v8.0.0 to 13.6.4 and higher) as download source-v <version>to specify the desired version (8.0.0 or higher required)Run directly with:
Example with arguments:
VMware Tools:
https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/
Latest - https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/releases/latest/
Legacy / macOS - https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/frozen/
Linux / Windows - https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/releases/
VMware Download scripts for other platforms: