Help with VMware...C header files???

flipper · 2006-07-27 21:17:32

hi. im trying to install vmware...(VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.tar.gz)
at a certain point in the installation, i get this:
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-2.6.17-ARCH/include

The kernel defined by this directory of header files does not have the same
address space size as your running kernel.

SO i try another and i get this:
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/include/linux

The header files in /usr/include are generally for C libraries, not for the
running kernel. If you do not have kernel header files in your /usr/src
directory, you probably do not have the kernel-source package installed. Are you
sure that /usr/include contains the header files associated with your running
kernel? [no]

could someone help me please? Also does this mean that ir is looking for the separate lot of C files that runs the kernel as opposed to other things? like what?
:?:

fk · 2006-07-27 21:32:04

Hi

Try the PKGBUILD from AUR it works good.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php

How To:

Download the Tarball
Extract the Tarball
cd into the extracted directory
run "makepkg"
install with "pacman -A foo.pkg.tar.gz"

flipper · 2006-07-27 21:42:14

it says the file is not found on that page..
cant i use the one i have? do i have to download another one....is there something wrong with it?

fk · 2006-07-27 21:50:59

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd

try this link

flipper · 2006-07-27 21:52:03

its the same one...and ive seen it beofre when i was googling for help...
why cant i use the one i got?

scarecrow · 2006-07-28 08:12:12

flipper wrote:

its the same one...and ive seen it beofre when i was googling for help...
why cant i use the one i got?

It just looks the same. The aurbuild includes Petr's "any-any" patch, which is necessary for building the vmware modules for kernel 2.6.15+. It also creates the "vmware" group automatically (you have to put yourself there by hand, though, and re-login to make vmplayer work).
To my knowledge the aurbuild works just fine.

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 09:19:18

do a google for vmware-any-any-update101 .... its a script that runs vmplayer config set up ...

HTH

scarecrow · 2006-07-28 11:04:12

Mr Green wrote:

do a google for vmware-any-any-update101 .... its a script that runs vmplayer config set up ...
HTH

It's 102 since a couple of days ago...

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 11:39:17

ok .... I'm behind again lol

flipper · 2006-07-28 12:40:06

thanks for your help but it still wont work.
i tried...it downloaded finally but the it said this:
`VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.tar.gz' saved [35786922/35786922]

==> Found vmware.rc in build dir
==> Found vmware.sh in build dir
==> Found 00-vmware.rules in build dir
==> Found vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config.patch in build dir
==> Found vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config2.patch in build dir
==> Found vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config3.patch in build dir
==> Downloading vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz
--13:35:54-- http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-an … 101.tar.gz
=> `vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.cvut.cz... 147.32.160.17
Connecting to ftp.cvut.cz|147.32.160.17|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
13:35:55 ERROR 404: Not Found.

==> ERROR: Failed to download vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz
==> Aborting...

And I still dont get the whole C header file thing either...might need to reconfigure kernel?

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 13:21:31

As was said above any any is now at 102 !

looked just now & d/l fine

But.... It would not work for me ... 101 for me does

If you 101 let me know ;-)

flipper · 2006-07-28 13:55:35

welll i thought i could get 101 and then update to 102..ive downloaded the update patch already...but 101 wont work..

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 13:57:50

so you are unpacking it ... going into dir then run ./runme.pl ?

works fine here...

flipper · 2006-07-28 14:30:52

umm...no...i used makepkg after tar and entering dir...which is when it said all that before...
tried typing ./runme.pl..but it says no such file file or directory..

flipper · 2006-07-28 14:51:07

where did you find 102? i can only find updates...
i guess i should try downloading it straight...
bear with me please...im stil trying to understand what i am doing..

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 14:52:40

relax go & have a coffee ....

come back we will sort it out ;-)

flipper · 2006-07-28 14:57:11

lol...just had some tea...and cant wait..

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 15:15:06

Assuming that vmplayer is installed ....

Use AUR to install vmplayer

but you then need any any to set it up correctly

once you grab any any all you need to do is unpack it then enter created dir... then as root ./runme.pl should do the rest

flipper · 2006-07-28 15:19:00

whats AUR?

flipper · 2006-07-28 15:24:18

ok...i tried usin pacman -A and this is what i get:
loading package data... load_pkg: missing package info file in vmware-player.tar.gz

flipper · 2006-07-28 15:35:01

and using makepkg..has this error in it..
Downloading vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz
--16:26:01-- http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-an … 101.tar.gz
=> `vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.cvut.cz... 147.32.160.17
Connecting to ftp.cvut.cz|147.32.160.17|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
16:26:01 ERROR 404: Not Found.

==> ERROR: Failed to download vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz

does that mean it doesnt exist anymore? but then you said it worked for you..
well confused am I

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 15:37:45

grab aurbuild then use that to install vmplayer

scarecrow · 2006-07-28 19:48:24

Yes, update 101 has been removed from Petr's server.

Simply edit the PKGBUILD and change 101 to 102, using the md5sum I gave at the AUR page of that package. I have tried that one, and it works fine:

# Contributor: dojo <joerg>
# This is a modified version from the original vmware-workstation pkgbuild

pkgname=vmware-player
pkgver=1.0.1
pkgrel=5
_realver=1.0.1-19317
_patchver=102
pkgdesc="Virtual machine (x86) software"
url="http://www.vmware.com/products/player/"
license=""
depends=('xorg-server' 'perl' 'pciutils' 'openssl' 'popt' 'gtk2')
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=vmware.install
source=(http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-player-${_realver}.tar.gz 
        vmware.rc vmware.sh 00-vmware.rules 
        vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config.patch
        vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config2.patch
        vmware-workstation-5.5.1-19175-config3.patch
        #${pkgname}-${_realver}-config.patch
        http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update${_patchver}.tar.gz)
md5sums=('58d0aab1f3303dfb5354a929bcf1b0e9' 'bca0cbb13d41113a1610a7d652c8ac7b'
         '4af7561a9b20264886f97063a1e9efda' 'fffe0b4a5e3ccd8c08128f77b20ca346'
         '36eed3bfa298f6884fee70272b1a784f' '3df74f4dfaa783b6a2f9eba3f0030afa'
         'c97a07443c0b9124d7cecec1e15bee07' 'd4ed26eecc1c0fb5108f2b1e5e2bcfc7')

options=('NOSTRIP')
     
build() {
  cd $startdir/src/vmware-player-distrib
  mv -f $startdir/src/vmware-any-any-update${_patchver}/*.tar lib/modules/source/
  chmod 755 bin/vmnet-bridge lib/bin/vmware-vmx lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx

  # patch -p0 <startdir>> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer LIBDIR /opt/vmware/lib" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer MANDIR /opt/vmware/man" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer DOCDIR /opt/vmware/doc" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer RUN_CONFIGURATOR no" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer INITDIR /etc/vmware/init.d" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
  echo "answer INITSCRIPTSDIR /etc/vmware/init.d" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations

  # make symlink for vmware
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
  cd $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
  ln -s /opt/vmware/bin/vmware vmware
}

flipper · 2006-07-28 20:11:33

ok...this is what my PKGBUILD file says after the chmod line..i.e. where it diffrs from yours...not sure if i should #out the patches from gentoo. when i run make pkg, it says :
vmware-any-any-update102.tar.gz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
do i have to download the update? what do i do with it?

# patch -p0 <startdir>> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer LIBDIR /opt/vmware/lib" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer MANDIR /opt/vmware/man" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer DOCDIR /opt/vmware/doc" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer RUN_CONFIGURATOR no" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer INITDIR /etc/vmware/init.d" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations
echo "answer INITSCRIPTSDIR /etc/vmware/init.d" >> $startdir/pkg/etc/vmware/locations

# make symlink for vmware
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
cd $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
ln -s /opt/vmware/bin/vmware vmware

Mr Green · 2006-07-28 20:21:27

Have you updated MD5sums as stated above? ....

Arch Linux

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Help with VMware...C header files???

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