Comments on: Howto Install vmware tools in Ubuntu

By: Tilo

Tilo — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:15:58 +0000

Had this on Ubuntu 8.04.4 with kernel 2.6.24-30 on ESXi 4.1u2

Krusty810 workaround didn’t help end up using OSP see here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11601210#post11601210

By: Kobus

Kobus — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:28:55 +0000

@Krusty810, thanks pal - works also on kernel 3.0.0.12!!!! I should have found your comments sooner….

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:23:25 +0000

I’m getting the same error as liquidsun, but I found out that I don’t have the …./generated/ folder.
What do I need to run or install to have it?
(btw, I’m trying on linux-headers-2.6.31-14 which is my current kernel)
Do I need any other package pre-installed?
Thanks for any help

By: Blindman

Blindman — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:07:47 +0000

Krusty810 : Thanks. Worked for me…..!

By: raddy

raddy — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:55:34 +0000

thanks alot…. worked for me…

By: Pak

Pak — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:04:00 +0000

@liquidsun That’s because you don’t have permissions in that directory by default; either change your permissions to the root user, or temporarily lower the permissions on that file (sudo chmod a+w version.h) so you can overwrite it.

I’m getting build problems with VMware Tools 4.0.0 build 294855, even having installed gcc, patching as per @Krusty810′s instructions and pointing at the “/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-server/include” directory. The source code itself appears to be wrong for the vmhgfs, vmxnet and vmci modules. An example of an error I get is “/tmp/vmware-config3/vmhgfs-only/super.c:74:4: error: Unknown field ‘clear_inode’ specified in intializer”. Checking in the kernel header source “fs.h”, there is no such field in the “super_operations” structure definition (line 1606).

By: liquidsun

liquidsun — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:35:48 +0000

why do i get this error
bash: version.h: Permission denied
when i type cat /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic/include/generated/utsrelease.h >> version.h

By: Dino

Dino — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:29:47 +0000

Thanks Mate , Works like a charm Happy Days..

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:22 +0000

Thank you. Great help.

By: topoftheworld

topoftheworld — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:53:31 +0000

no problem with version 10.10
good job!!
thx

By: paolo

paolo — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:38:35 +0000

Great !

Worked for me too.

Thanks a lot

Paolo

By: sweety_child

sweety_child — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:51:49 +0000

2 Krusty810:
Thank you a lot !

By: Jay Imerman

Jay Imerman — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:40 +0000

@Krusty810, of all the places I have found this on the web, yours has the answer that works!! Thanks a TON!

By: Krusty810

Krusty810 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:08:38 +0000

UTS_RELEASE is not defined in version.h, you can either patch the install script or simply copy the contents of utsrelease.h into version.h

cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic/include/linux

cat /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic/include/generated/utsrelease.h >> version.h

One more thing you will need to do before re-run the script is:

cp /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic/include/generated/* /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic/include/linux/

This should solve your problem

By: Thinkyhead

Thinkyhead — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:55:11 +0000

I’m getting the same problem as Frank. Hopefully a solution will present itself soon!

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:45:31 +0000

Same issue .. when I tried to install linux-headers-virtual, I get:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-24-virtual/include

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.35-24-generic). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

By: alcoholahmed

alcoholahmed — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:24:09 +0000

when i`m trying to install using the command
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
always says request denied…what should i do?

By: massimo

massimo — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:18:41 +0000

to install headers in the guest ubuntu system run:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-virtual

By: bel

bel — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:57:38 +0000

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running level (version 2.6.22.14-generic). Even if the midule were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

What else do i need to do. its been 16hrs of searching and till now no luck!!!!

I already tried to use the above instruction also this one.

/lib/modules/2.6.35-23-generic/build/include/linux but no luck!!! I can’t install the kernel-devel! pls help….

By: Abhirami

Abhirami — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:52:20 +0000

Ubuntu is not interesting. I dont like.
i hate linux.
microsoft is good.