I'm trying to install vmware tools in mint.

All goes well until I get to this -

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [usr/src/linux/include]

When installing the vmware tools it says to just hit enter and the default will be used.

Hitting enter just keeps giving me the error message-
The path "usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.

What does this thing want from me?..?..???.?

Hello,

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.

Kind regards,

Eric

Linux headers :

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

( Or find the package that fits your kernel in 'Synaptic'.)

..

It says that /usr/src/linux is not an existing directory.

It says that virtual packages like 'linux headers' can't be removed
E: unable to locate package myname-r

Hi,

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)

For the example I gave you before my headers are located in :

You also can check where headers have been installed :

The output of that dpkg command was a massive list of directories and files.
What file or folder am I looking for? Something that says config/x86?

EDIT: I think I've found an easier way through the software manager.

I think is is enough to point it to "include" directory.

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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.

Hi,

As I know VBox doesn't support 64bit architecture.

Did you try to install VMware Player 3.1 ( http://downloads.vmware.com/d/detail...Rld2RiZGplKg== ) ?

Is that what it means when it says 32-bit legacy?
I have 64-bit machines in my VB they seem to work well.

Lots of 64bits packages here
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Sorry, I meant 64bit guest OS-es .