I installed VMWare Tools into Debian 6 on VMWare on Windows XP SP3. It was too difficult.
VMware requires linux-header 2.6.32-5-686 and gcc-4.3. I guess it’s because gcc-4.3 is the base of linux-headers. But why does VMWare Tools require linux-headers? and why installing VMWare tools is such complicated? Error message was showed many time.
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The path""isnotvalid path tothe gcc binary.
Would you like tochange it?[yes]
Whatisthe location of the gcc program on your machine?/usr/bin/gcc
The path"/usr/bin/gcc"isnotvalid path tothe gcc binary.
Would you like tochange it?[yes]
Whatisthe location of the gcc program on your machine?
The path""isnotvalid path tothe gcc binary.
Would you like tochange it?[yes]/usr/bin/gcc-4.4
The answer"/usr/bin/gcc-4.4"isinvalid.It must be one of"y"or"n".
The path""isnotvalid path tothe gcc binary.
Would you like tochange it?[yes]
Whatisthe location of the gcc program on your machine?/usr/bin/gcc-4.4
The path"/usr/bin/gcc-4.4"isnotvalid path tothe gcc binary.
Would you like tochange it?[yes]
If you execute vmware-install.pl after installing linux-headers (and gcc-4.3), the program detects the location of the gcc and linux headers correctly.