Header files not found when installing VMWare tools in Kubuntu. You know why?… here is a solution to the problem.
Header files not found when installing VMWare tools in Kubuntu. You know why?
I’m using a Kubuntu image via VMWare.
To share files between the host and guest operating systems. I need to install the VMWare tool as described here
./vmware-install.pl
It triggers the following question
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel?
Any idea why this is the case?
Solution
In Kubuntu, you need to install Linux kernel headers using:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
If you haven’t upgraded your package, use the following command to install header::for the currently loaded kernel
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)