Fix Vmware tools ” kernel header path is not valid ” error

Posted on June 12, 2013 by cmanios

UPDATE!

Post has moved to https://manios.org/2013/06/12/fix-vmware-tools-kernel-header-path-is-not-valid-error

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26 Responses to Fix Vmware tools ” kernel header path is not valid ” error

  1. ioan says:
    June 22, 2013 at 09:26

    I think creating the symbolic link is not needed. The build-essential package was the only pre-requisite in my case.

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  2. Paco says:
    September 20, 2013 at 00:19

    Works like a charm. Thank you very much!!!

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  3. Asami Konno says:
    September 26, 2013 at 06:51

    Wow, and people wonder why Linux isn’t more popular.

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  4. Arnold Schwarzenigger says:
    October 7, 2013 at 20:45

    Excellent, quick and valid solution. Clear and concise. Much appreciated. BIg ups!

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  5. dc says:
    November 7, 2013 at 16:19

    Perfect…. works for me! Thanks

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  6. daddy says:
    November 8, 2013 at 22:08

    awesome

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  7. Guest says:
    November 11, 2013 at 16:10

    Thank you very much!

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  8. Peter says:
    November 30, 2013 at 18:31

    ioan is right, but thanks anyway!

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  9. pravin says:
    December 2, 2013 at 08:29

    nice it worked for me…thanks a lot

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  10. Benito says:
    December 26, 2013 at 18:04

    perfect ! thanks for your help with the symbolic link.

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  11. foodbaby says:
    January 8, 2014 at 21:13

    Thanks, much appreciated work

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  12. Lucas Gorski says:
    January 19, 2014 at 19:50

    poop! yes, i wish linux were more popular but i also benefit from its obscurity. people at work are “wowed” when i tell them that i run linux at home. yes, i’m kind of a dick but i’m a happy dick!

    Reply
  13. markus says:
    January 31, 2014 at 14:31

    You’re the best!!!!
    Your instruction works like oil for vmware

    Reply
  14. Kiwi says:
    February 15, 2014 at 18:56

    headers installed properly, symlink created, but the same error
    doesnt work for me

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  15. melk says:
    March 13, 2014 at 15:31

    Thanks you guy! It works perfectly

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  16. Joeri says:
    April 2, 2014 at 14:12

    Thanks! worked for me on Debian 7 – 64bit. VMWare workstation 10.
    Didn’t had to make the symbolic link 🙂

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  17. Jagdish N says:
    March 28, 2015 at 03:45

    Thanks bro.

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  18. Gustavo says:
    May 13, 2015 at 23:01

    Thanks! Perfect!

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  19. Ngux says:
    August 2, 2015 at 19:22

    I got :
    sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
    ln: failed to create symbolic link `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.18.0-kali3-686-pae/include/linux/version.h’: No such file or directory

    What can I do ? Thanx

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    • cmanios says:
      August 5, 2015 at 21:57

      Hello Ngux!

      I have not tested that solution in Kali Linux. Your error tells me that you may had mistakenly put LINK_NAME as TARGET in your ln -s command, because it tries to find the link which you want to create and normally does not exist.

      Hope that helps you,
      Cheers!

      Reply
  20. JiriS says:
    September 25, 2015 at 12:38

    You are lifesaver! Thanks very much sir!

    Reply
  21. linuxbeginner says:
    July 27, 2016 at 09:25

    thanks a ton!

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  22. linuxfan says:
    December 22, 2016 at 22:36

    thank you! this worked perfect for me.

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  23. Eli Godoy says:
    December 5, 2017 at 22:41

    In debian 9 linux directory in /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/ dont exists, you need to create it

    Reply

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