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

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

Braiam
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Wazery
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8 Answers8

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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!)

Zhe Li
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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

aymericbeaumet
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manikandan
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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
pst007x
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Qasim
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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
Eric Carvalho
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user115271
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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.

Scott Severance
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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"

BuZZ-dEE
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user152790
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5

CTRL+ALT+t

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Vanni Totaro
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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
Psytek7
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