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I have my VMware Player (v 5.0.0 build-812388) all up and running Ubuntu (12.10) from my Windows (Win 7) machine.

When I launch sudo vmware-config-tools.pl, it tries to search for kernel

Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The path "" is not a valid path to the 3.5.0-17-generic kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [yes]

Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 3.5.0-17-generic kernel?

I entered /usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic.

The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic" is not a valid path to the 
3.5.0-17-generic kernel headers.

Due to this it doesn't compile modules. So unable to mount HGFS (shared folder) filesystems.

Any ideas how I can fix this?

Kazark
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user199627
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  1. Make sure you have rebooted Ubuntu since applying any software updates. Software updates may change the kernel version.
  2. Make sure you install build-essential package.
  3. Try sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
allquixotic
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I faced the exact same problem. I did all of the above and upgraded my installed packages. sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo vmware-config-tools.pl was then able to automatically detect my kernel header files and completed its execution sucessfully. On reboot, I was able to see the HGFS mount and my shared folders.

Schumi Factor
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The path you entered is wrong. The right path is /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux

See this post on AskUbuntu: what-is-the-path-to-the-kernel-headers-so-I-can-install-vmware.

Community
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lianjizoi
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Yes, note that /usr/src/linux-headers.... is not the kernel header vmware-config-tools is searching for, the real path is /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include.

But yet it is better for the tool to find the path itself, so I recommend:

reboot your ubuntu and run all of these in sudo mode :

apt-get purge linux-headers-... (all versions you have installed already )

apt-get install --reinstall build-essential binutils

apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r)

then again run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl and hopefully it will find the path this time.

Andrea
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user290569
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