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Hi,
I'm trying to get working vmware workstation 9 into Kali but no luck though. It asks again and again for Kernel Headers 3.7-trunk-amd64. It needs that to compile his own modules into kernel.
What I've already done:
1. I've downloaded and unpacked the kernel-sources 3.7.
2. I've tried to point vmware out to the /usr/src/linux-source-3.7 location.
Any ideas from this point further?
Thanks much,
-J
Guys,
I've succesed. Here are the stepts:
1. Use the Kali linux sources fix
2. Do a apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && apt-get install linux-headers
3. You also have to copy the version.h which is located in /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/build/include/generated/uapi/linux/ to /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/build/include/linux.
4. From this point you can install the vmware 9 for linux and launch it. Once it starts it will compile automatically his modules and voila, job done.
Good luck
I tried the above but only apt update seems to pull any new packages. Dist-upgrade doesn't seem to pull any packages while linux-headers can't find the location. Is apt-get install linux-headers correct? I also don't have a build/include/generated/uapi/linux directory but I'm assuming this is due to my issue with the linux-headers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amidamaru
Any ideas?
Thank you for your guide! working like a charm :)
Did you fix yours Kali repos?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr0st
if Not check this out: http://docs.kali.org/frequently-asked-questions
However reading additional resources my sources.list file looks like that:
deb [arch=i386,amd64,armel,armhf] http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64,armel,armhf] http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64,armel,armhf] http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64,armel,armhf] http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64,armel,armhf] http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
I was able to fix my issue, before I installed VMware Workstation, I did the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by Amidamaru
1. echo cups enabled >> /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
2. echo vmware-tools enabled >> /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
3. apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Guys!
I got some issues. I have already installed the linux-headers-(uname -r),and the vmware-workstation. But i can't open any virtual machine. the vmware-workstation will not launched at all. It just got into black screen and I can just use alt+ctrl+f7 to get back into my desktop .........any ideas?
Add the following repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
Even after doing all the things in this thread I had to create the links Zhe mentions in this thread http://askubuntu.com/questions/40979...install-vmware
Thank you Amidamaru, your solution worked perfectly.
good, thanks!
Hello
When you get error "kernel headers 3.7-trunk-amd64 were not found" on Kali Linux when install VMWare 9.0.1. Put this command in terminal...
then open VMWare Workstation again. :)Code:ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-amd64/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-amd64/include/linux/version.h
Awesome man! works like a charm! thanks a lot :D
Sharing my experience so others won't spend days troubleshooting...
I had similar issues when installing VMWare Workstation VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.0-812388.x86_64 on Linux kali 3.12-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2kali1 (2014-01-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
I initially had the missing package issue which I solved by adding one more deb-src line to the repository /etc/apt/sources.list.
Then I bumped into kernel header issue which I worked around by linking version.h.
After that, the installation completed by launching the Workstation cannot go through due to fail to build vmblock, vmci, and vmnet. I was stuck here.
I had a feeling that VMware Workstation 9.0 was released prior to Kali thus some missing files. So I figured -- might as well use the latest version of VMware.
I uninstalled VMware Workstation 9.0 and installed VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.1-1379776.x86_64.
To my delight, NO problem at all!
Now I'm running my GUEST OS'es W2K8R2 imported from my VMware Workstation 8 for Windows. Also created a new GUEST OS for DSL! Now starts the fun.
For Workstation/Player 11 This command worked for me
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)