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    WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    I am trying to install VMwareWorkstation from this link
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Workstation

    When I run this command sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-kernel-devel on console I get the following errors


    luc@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-kernel-devel
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Reading extended state information
    Initializing package states... Done
    Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-kernel-devel"
    Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-kernel-devel"
    No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
    Writing extended state information... Done
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Reading extended state information
    Initializing package states... Done

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    You may want to drop the linux-kernel-devel part.
    All that VMware needs is to compile its modules,
    so linux-headers-.* need to be installed for the kernel you are running.

    I'd suggest to install build-essential linux-headers-generic and then leave it at that (assuming you installed linux-image-generic as the kernel selector)

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    Quote Originally Posted by ncubede View Post
    You may want to drop the linux-kernel-devel part.
    All that VMware needs is to compile its modules,
    so linux-headers-.* need to be installed for the kernel you are running.

    I'd suggest to install build-essential linux-headers-generic and then leave it at that (assuming you installed linux-image-generic as the kernel selector)
    Thanks for your time how to I install
    build-essential linux-headers-generic ?

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    you have to install kernel headers matching your kernel.check your kernel with uname -a then open synaptic and search for linux-headers, then install the matching one

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    I'd normally do:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
    Please note, that this will only work, if you really installed linux-image-generic and have booted this kernel.

    Additionally I'd suggest people from time to time do a dist upgrade to pull in bugfixes
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    Quote Originally Posted by hoboy View Post
    Thanks for your time how to I install
    build-essential linux-headers-generic ?

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    That will be fine for the moment, but if he has a meta package like linux-image-generic installed, he needs the matching meta package for the linux headers as well, or after the next dist-upgrade the same question will be asked again.

    Quote Originally Posted by binbash View Post
    you have to install kernel headers matching your kernel.check your kernel with uname -a then open synaptic and search for linux-headers, then install the matching one

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    Quote Originally Posted by binbash View Post
    you have to install kernel headers matching your kernel.check your kernel with uname -a then open synaptic and search for linux-headers, then install the matching one
    I have run uname with sudo and without sudo the result is the same
    luc@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
    Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    luc@ubuntu:~$

    what can I seach in synacptic in the string ?

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    the package you are looking for then is called: linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic, which is the one selected from intrepid updates and proposed at the moment.
    Code:
    apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic
    should do it.

    If you have linux-image-generic installed, you should also install linux-headers-generic, though, so you stay up to date in the future.

    Quote Originally Posted by hoboy View Post
    I have run uname with sudo and without sudo the result is the same
    luc@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
    Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    luc@ubuntu:~$

    what can I seach in synacptic in the string ?

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    Quote Originally Posted by ncubede View Post
    the package you are looking for then is called: linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic, which is the one selected from intrepid updates and proposed at the moment.
    Code:
    apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic
    should do it.

    If you have linux-image-generic installed, you should also install linux-headers-generic, though, so you stay up to date in the future.
    luc@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic
    [sudo] password for luc:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    luc@ubuntu:~$

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    Re: WMwareWorkstation installation problem.

    Quote Originally Posted by hoboy View Post
    luc@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic
    [sudo] password for luc:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    luc@ubuntu:~$
    ncubede---
    I am loosing trac here how this one help to install VMwareWorkstation ?

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