Location of the directory of C header files that match your running Kernel ?

[qt11]

Hey guys....

I'm trying to install VM Tools into Ubuntu 12.10 however when running the /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl script.

... its asking me for the "location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel"

I've googled and found a number of solutions however none work. It looks like I need to install the headers....so


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

gives :



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic'



and


apt-get install linux-headers

gives



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'linux-headers-3.5.0-17' instead of 'linux-headers'
linux-headers-3.5.0-17 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.



Now, I understand my header files should be in


/lib/modules/Your-Kernel/build/include

however



root@ubuntu:/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic# ls
initrd modules.ccwmap modules.isapnpmap modules.symbols
kernel modules.dep modules.ofmap modules.symbols.bin
modules.alias modules.dep.bin modules.order modules.usbmap
modules.alias.bin modules.devname modules.pcimap
modules.builtin modules.ieee1394map modules.seriomap
modules.builtin.bin modules.inputmap modules.softdep


i don't have a build dir... ?

Any ideas of where to go next.... just trying to install VM Tools.... how hard can it be ???

:(

[Doug S]

Is this what you are looking for? (done for my computer, change for yours):
ls -l /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-40-generic/include/linux

[qt11]

thanks Doug,

unfortunately not :(



root@ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17/include/linux# pwd
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17/include/linux




Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The path "" is not valid.
Would you like to change it? [yes]

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? /usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17/include/linux

The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17/include/linux" is not valid.



I'm sure it shouldn't be this difficult to get the VM Tools installed into Ubuntu 12.10.... is it ???

Thank you :)

[qt11]

a solution !!!


sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

:)