shell# yum install kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686The header files are automatically extracted and located to '/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25-14.fc9/i686/include': use this path to install VMware Tools.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Installing 'VMware Tools' in Fedora Core 9
When I tried to install 'VMware Tools' in a guest machine running Fedora Core 9, it asked me the location of the directory of C header files that match the currently running kernel (i.e. Linux 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686). Although the standard Fedora distribution does not contain its source code, its header files are open. 'kernel-devel' package provides the header files of a kernel. With 'yum' we can easily get the kernel-devel package and extract header files.
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Thanks for posting this! I was getting a little confused in the wee hours by the distinction between the kernels, and was having this exact problem with Fedora Core 9.
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