Make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only'

Make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-server' tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/vm_basic_types.h:161: error: previous declaration of 'uintptr_t' was here Include/linux/types.h:40: error: conflicting types for 'uintptr_t' In file included from include/linux/string.h:11,įrom /tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.h:18,įrom /tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.c:18: Make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-server'ĬC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o Make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only' Sudo shutdown -r now # if you've updated the kernelĪfter unpacking the VMware tools package when simply trying to install the vmware tools from the tar file I got the following error: tar -xzf VMwareTools-1.0. Sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # if there's a new kernel available Note it's not totally necessary but I ran this after upgrading the system to the latest kernel - these optional steps are as follows: sudo apt-get update To get past this I simply grabbed a copy of /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso and extracted the vmware-tools tar file from there.

When I did this the CD didn't seem to be available even though it looked like it had mounted correctly. This is found at /media/cdrom once you've run 'install vmware tools' from the server console. First you need the vmware tools tar from the cd image.

Ubuntu server vmware tools