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vmware_fusion plugin install errors #13806

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@ex0atmospheric

platform Mac mini M1 arm64 architecture running MacOS 26.4.1 and VMWare Fusion Pro 25H2u1.

user executing has admin rights.

vagrant-vmware-desktop and vagrant-parallels install fine with no errors.


ex0atmospheric@David-MM metasploitable3 % vagrant plugin install vagrant-vmware-fusion
Installing the 'vagrant-vmware-fusion' plugin. This can take a few minutes...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Vagrant failed to properly resolve required dependencies. These
errors can commonly be caused by misconfigured plugin installations
or transient network issues. The reported error is:

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: /Users/ex0atmospheric/.vagrant.d/gems/3.3.8/gems/vagrant-vmware-fusion-5.0.4/ext/vagrant-vmware-desktop

/opt/vagrant/embedded/bin/ruby extconf.rb
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--without-opt-include
--with-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--without-opt-lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/opt/vagrant/embedded/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/ex0atmospheric/.vagrant.d/gems/3.3.8/gems/vagrant-vmware-fusion-5.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/ex0atmospheric/.vagrant.d/gems/3.3.8/extensions/arm64-darwin/3.3.0/vagrant-vmware-fusion-5.0.4/gem_make.out

ex0atmospheric@David-MM metasploitable3 %
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