Linux - NewbieThis Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question?
If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Depends if you have the kernel-headers package installed (check with dpkg -l 'linux-headers*). If you don't have them installed then install them using apt-get for example but be sure to get the ones for your kernel.
If I'm not mistaking the header files can be found either in /usr/src. There's a link to the running kernel header files named /usr/src/linux, in my installation it points to the header files for my running kernel linux-headers-2.6.37-0.dmz.4-liquorix-amd64. So if you put /usr/src/linux as answer it should be good.
Try to search for something like /usr/src/linux-headers....../include .
If there is no such directory you have to install linux-headers for the kernel version installed on your computer ( uname -r ) .
If you are not running a custom compiled kernel you should be able to find kernel headers in mint repositories.
You also can try to replace `uname -r` with output of it in apt-get command.
Ex:
Try to search for something like /usr/src/linux-headers....../include .
If there is no such directory you have to install linux-headers for the kernel version installed on your computer ( uname -r ) .
If you are not running a custom compiled kernel you should be able to find kernel headers in mint repositories.
You also can try to replace `uname -r` with output of it in apt-get command.
Ex:
OK - I successfully did that. I still don't know where this directory is (location of C header files)
I think is is enough to point it to "include" directory.
When I tried that directory, it gave me a new error.
Something to the effect of no linux subdirectory as expected.
I did discover that there was a software package called 'open-vm-tools'
You can just open the Software manager and search for it.
Worked perfectly.
After doing this I made a new, not so good, discovery. You cannot enable desktop effects through VMware on a linux VM.
I'm using version 6.5, I still don't think its possible in the newer version of VMware Workstation.
Now I'm setting up another vm in VBox. It's free (free is good!) and its supposed to work better than vmware for linux.
I guess I'll soon find out for myself.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.