location of the directory of C header files - vmware installation

[anitha2324]

Hi All,

I am using fedora 10 , i have tried to install vmware server 1.0.8 but am getting an error

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



so how i do fix this issue
(bye the way i have already installed gcc and xinetd)

[trigpoint]

Have been having this problem too.

Just had a kernel update, which included kernel-headers-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i386.

Downloaded the rpm and opened it with archive-manager, it installs the files into /usr/include, makes sense.

Tried vmplayer again, and pointed it at /usr/include, but still the same problem.

Anyone know what vmware is actually looking for?

[trigpoint]

Fixed it !!!!

I have kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686 (i686) installed, however I had kernel-devel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i586 (i586) installed. Not sure why.

I uninstalled the i586 kernel-devel and installed i686, vmplayer now works.

[anitha2324]

Hi All,

Thanks alot for the replies , I have update the kernel using the command


#yum update kernel


then reboot the system but am getting the same thing ......

[Drolli]

You need to rebuild the VMware modules after each kernel update:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
kernel-headers /-devel need to be installed at the same version than the kernel.

Check with "rpm -qa kernel*"

[markkuk]

You must install the kernel-devel package:

yum install kernel-devel

[trigpoint]

Originally Posted by Drolli

You need to rebuild the VMware modules after each kernel update:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl"

vmware-config.pl is not used by later versions of vmware. On fedora 9 or 10, if you still have vmware-config.pl you should download the latest vmware app.

The app now installs and it now goes through a setup as it starts.

Originally Posted by markkuk

You must install the kernel-devel package:

yum install kernel-devel

Make sure it installs the same processor version as the kernel, i.e i586, i686 etc.

Have not got a clue how it happened, maybe I click the wrong devel version in the add/remove app.

[Drolli]

Originally Posted by trigpoint

vmware-config.pl is not used by later versions of vmware. On fedora 9 or 10, if you still have vmware-config.pl you should download the latest vmware app.

I was answering to anitha2324 who is playing around with VMware server 1.0.8 - nevertheless in the VMware server 2.0 there is still vmware-config.pl. This has nothing do to with any app

[shada]

I am running VM Fusion 2.0.4 on MacBook Pro with 10.5.6. I was able to install "kernel-devel' and then VMWARE tools was installed properly.

I have:
kernel-devel-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686

Other packages that I have previously installed (prior to getting all this working):
yum install make
yum install glibc-devel
yum install rpm-build
yum install vim-enhanced

I had seen some erros as you reported before I installed the above packages!

[Jongi]

I am running F11-Beta and am getting the same error as in post 10 when I run vmware-config.pl. I am running the latest vmware-server rpm from the vmware site

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa VMware*
VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.i386

[root@localhost ~]# vmware
vmware                vmware-authdlauncher  vmware-hostd          vmware-ping           vmware-vim-cmd        vmware-watchdog       
vmware-authd          vmware-config.pl      vmware-mount          vmware-vdiskmanager   vmware-vimsh

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa kernel*
kernel-2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586
kernel-devel-2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586
kernel-headers-2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586
kerneloops-0.12-5.fc11.i586
kernel-firmware-2.6.29.1-102.fc11.noarch
kernel-2.6.29-0.258.2.3.rc8.git2.fc11.i586

[knightvv]

In my FC 14, the header folder sits in

/usr/src/kernels/2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64/include

It successfully found the folder when I used the above path.

[DBelton]

Holy necrophilia, Batman!

You do realize you responded to a post that was over 3 years old?

Going to close this one