Sets up everything needed for copy/paste between Windows 11 (host) and CachyOS running Sway inside VMware Workstation

vmware-sway-clipboard-setup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

echo "=== Updating system ==="
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm

echo "=== Installing open-vm-tools ==="
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm open-vm-tools

echo "=== Enabling VMware services ==="
sudo systemctl enable --now vmtoolsd.service
sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-vmblock-fuse.service

echo "=== Installing Wayland clipboard helpers (wl-clipboard) ==="
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm wl-clipboard

echo "=== Creating vmblock mountpoint (if missing) ==="
sudo mkdir -p /run/vmblock-fuse

echo "=== Restarting VMware Tools ==="
sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service

echo "=== Sanity checks ==="
echo
echo "vmtoolsd.service:"
systemctl is-active vmtoolsd.service && echo "  ✔ running" || echo "  ✘ NOT running"

echo "vmware-vmblock-fuse.service:"
systemctl is-active vmware-vmblock-fuse.service && echo "  ✔ running" || echo "  ✘ NOT running"

echo
echo "=== Testing Wayland clipboard ==="
echo "test-from-sway" | wl-copy
echo "Clipboard now contains: $(wl-paste)"

echo
echo "=== Setup complete ==="
echo "Make sure VMware Workstation has Guest Isolation enabled:"
echo "  VM → Settings → Options → Guest Isolation → ✔ Copy/Paste, ✔ Drag/Drop"
echo
echo "Reboot recommended."