Ubuntu 12.04 安装 VMware Tools，解决无法找到kernel header path的问题

Ubuntu 12.04 安装 VMware Tools，运行vmware-config-tools.pl 时，总是提示

The path "" is not valid.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running

kernel?

输入 /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-26-generic/include 或 /lib/modules/3.8.0-26-generic/build/include 都提示“The path ... is not valid.”。

1. 更新或安装linux headers

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

2. 关联文件，就是因为找不到这个几个文件，vmware tools才认为路径无效的。

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux

sudo ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h

sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h

sudo ln -s ../generated/uapi/linux/version.h

3. 再次执行安装就ok啦，运行vmware-config-tools.pl 也没问题了

sudo ./vmware-install.pl