Home / ubuntu / Questions / 40979
Accepted
Wazery
Asked: 2011-05-08 05:02:00 +0800 CST

What is the path to the kernel headers so I can install vmware?

  • 772

I installed the VMware bundle on my Ubuntu 11.04 successfully but when I open it it gives me this window

enter image description here

and I don't know the path to this C headers.

kernel

8 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux
sudo ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h
sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h
sudo ln -s ../generated/uapi/linux/version.h

    After adding the symlink, the path is /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include (Thanks @Kariem!)

    • 103

  2. Below commands are very helpful for you:

    Step 1 : Ctrl + Alt + T

    Step 2 : sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

    Step 3 : The path to the kernel headers is then /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include

    • 48

  3. Before installing Vmware Workstation you need to install build-essential and linux headers 

       sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

    and then 

     sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h

    Done thats it, install Vmware Workstation now

     path to vm# sh Vm***.bundle
    • 19

  4. There are a few files in locations that the installer doesn't expect, I run this and it works:

    ifrantz@ifrantz:~$ cat ~/update_version.sh 
#!/bin/bash

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux
sudo ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h
sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h
sudo ln -s ../generated/uapi/linux/version.h
    • 12

  5. My first guess is that you haven't installed the headers. You need to install the appropriate linux-headers package. Most likely, you need to install linux-headers-generic. However, if if you're running some kernel other than linux-generic, install the linux-headers package for that kernel.

    If you've already installed the headers, they should be in /usr/src.

    • 8

  6. Problem can be solved in two steps, after installing vmware workstation 9.X.X (in terminal):

    1. sudo apt-get install gcc

    2. sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"

    • 7

  7. CTRL+ALT+t

    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

    • 5

  8. Had the same issue, I was running kernel 3.2.0-29 but only had linux-headers-3.2.0-35 in /usr/src/

    user@ubuntu:/usr/src$ ls -l
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan  5 11:17 linux-headers-3.2.0-35
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Jan  5 11:17 linux-headers-3.2.0-35-generic

user@ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-35/include$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_6                                                                                4 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

user@ubuntu:/usr/src$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic

user@ubuntu:/usr/src/$ cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
user@ubuntu:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
<kept hitting enter>

Enjoy, --the VMware team

done and done
    • 4