IT Knowledge Base

1. Install Kernel Heaeders

1. Get the Kernel version and remember it with:
   uname-r
2. apt-get install linux-headers-[Kernel Version]

2. Install VMWare Tools

1. Choose “install and upgrade VMWTools in VMWare” in your VM menu
2. mount /dev/hda /media/cdrom
3. cd /media/cdrom/
4. cp VMWareTools[whateverversion]tar.gz /tmp/
5. cd /tmp
6. tar xvzf VMWareTools[whateverversion]tar.gz
7. umount /media/cdrom/
8. cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
9. make a symlink:
   ln –s /usr/src/linux-headers-[Kernel Version] /usr/src/linux
10. apt-get install gcc-4.1
11. change using gcc version:
    export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1
12. I had make and killall missing on my installation so can you get it:
    apt-get install psmisc make
13. ./vmware-install.pl

3. Uninstall VMWare Tools
After a failed installation of VMWare Tools I got following message:
A previous installation of VMWare Software has been detected… You may want to re-install VMWare Tools.

The solution was to run the uninstaller first and run the VMWare setup again:
1. ./vmware-uninstall.pl

Today I had to add a second virtual network in VMWare. Unfortunately I didn’t find any option first. To do this you need to actually power off the VMWare Host. Then go the settings of the VMWare Host. Click on Add Ethernet Card and confirm everything. Startup OS again.