May 02, 2015 · I'm having a problem trying to get the vmware tools installed. The vmware-config-tools is not finding GCC, even though I obviously have it in my path and it works. This is preventing the vmhgfs driver from being built. VMware Workstation 11.1 Latest VMware Tools packaged with it (and the latest from the website). 9.9.2 build-2496486
sorry I am trying to install VMware workstation on parrot os, and I keep getting a window that appears after I try to run the program. It says that it cant find a gcc, yet I know I have one installed. I have even set the exact path, and then it says that it is not a viable version.
13.11.2016 · It seems that you need to point to the gcc-5 binary executable. When the vmware installation prompts that a compatible version of gcc was not found supply it with the path /usr/bin/gcc-5. First be sure to check that you actually have the gcc-5 compiler installed: gcc-5 --version. gcc-5 (Debian 5.4.1-1) 5.4.1 20160803.
sorry I am trying to install VMware workstation on parrot os, and I keep getting a window that appears after I try to run the program. It says that it cant find a gcc, yet I know I have one installed. I have even set the exact path, and then it says that it is not a viable version.
18.09.2016 · This is a super nasty hack, but here's what I did to get the version I needed of GCC (8.3.1 in this case). I am on Fedora 30 which has 9.x right now. …
Oct 07, 2020 · After this you have to compile it, install it and either restart or start vmware: make sudo make install sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start. If it is the first time, you should see: (tested on Pop!_OS 20.10 with VMware Player version 16) Share. Improve this answer.
Nov 14, 2016 · It seems that you need to point to the gcc-5 binary executable. When the vmware installation prompts that a compatible version of gcc was not found supply it with the path /usr/bin/gcc-5. First be sure to check that you actually have the gcc-5 compiler installed: gcc-5 --version. gcc-5 (Debian 5.4.1-1) 5.4.1 20160803.
Sep 18, 2016 · gcc --version You will probably get that gcc command is not installed or something like that. Solution? Simple! apt-get update apt-get install gcc In case you are missing gcc, there is good change that make is also not installed. apt-get install make and then re-run instalation of vmware tools. Share Improve this answer edited Jan 24 '18 at 12:45
Found the answer. What I did was was first. sudo apt-get install aptitude sudo aptitude install libglib2.0-0 sudo aptitude install gcc-4.7 make linux-headers-`uname -r` -y and tried it but it didn't work so I continued and did. sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install gcc-4.7 linux-headers-`uname -r`
When running the VMware kernel module updater, I get the following message: A compatible version of gcc was not found. How can I setup GCC to compile the VMware ...