Installing vmware problem

[Steve]

piltdown wrote:
> Having trouble installing vmware. I have downloaed the source for my kernel
> and it has been placed in /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-oci6.mdk. But when I try to
> configure vmware the following message appears:
>
> "The path "/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-oci6.mdk" is an existing directory, but it
> does not contain at least one of these directories "linux", "asm", "net" as
> expected."
>
> I have managed top install vmware OK on other flavours of Linux (Ubuntu and
> Slackware) but seem to be getting stuck.
>
> Any ideas. Thanks.
>
>
>   
I believe it is looking for linux headers (not source). You'll have to 
apt-get linux headers for your particular kernel, then it should work 
(I'm not at home where my Ubuntu box and notes are)... I believe that's 
what worked for me.

If you can't get it, let me know and tonight I'll dig out my more 
detailed notes. :-)

-Steve.

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