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I just upgraded my debian Linux system to 3.9-1-686-pae. Following that, I installed the linux kernel headers.

They are installed using the package linux-headers-3.9-1-686-pae, and they are actually available in

However, when I start vmware I get a complaint from the kernel module updater that it can’t find the

headers. After specifying the explicit location in the specification window that’s offered by the updater it still

complains about the kernel headers not being available. In the specification window I entered

I’ve successfully updated vmware modules in the past, and this is the first time I experience the abovementioned

problem. If anybody has a solution for this problem, I’d appreciate it if you could share it. Hints and suggestions

are of course also welcome.

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How to Fix Missing Linux Header Error for VMware Workstation Pro

I tried to run VMware Workstation to install a secondary operating system to test functionality, but it flagged me an error: “VMware Kernel Module Updater: Kernel header X.X.X-X-amd64 were not found.”

Intentionally, I ignored the message and clicked on “Install” to proceed with the installation. As a result, I got another error that stated, “C header files matching your running kernel were not found.”

Let’s look at how the error looks on my Debian machine.

If your problem is similar to mine, then let me show you how to resolve this issue with simple and easy steps.

Find Linux Header Path to Fix Kernel Header Not Found

However, there may be multiple possibilities for this error, but the most common error is the missing linux-header. To confirm this, you will use the find command to check linux-headers availability on your system.

The default location of linux-headers is /usr/src for Ubuntu/Debian based operating systems and /usr/src/kernels for RHEL derivatives.

Pass the following command into your terminal:

$ find /usr/src -name linux-headers-$(uname -r) // Ubuntu/Debian $ find /usr/src/kernels -name $(uname -r) // AlmaLinux/Fedora

The command output didn’t show anything, which means you need to install linux-headers.

Install Linux Headers to Fix Kernel Header Not Found

The one-stop solution to fix this error is to install Linux headers for the current kernel.

But if you are not sure about which Linux kernel version is installed on your system, then you can use the uname -r command to find out.

Now let’s use the above uname -r command with the apt command to automatically find the system information and install the required header file.

Just execute the following line of code in accordance with your Linux distribution:

$ sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) // Ubuntu/Debian $ sudo dnf install "kernel-devel-$(uname -r)" // AlmaLinux/Fedora

Once the installation is done, you need to relaunch the VMware workstation to configure it.

Configure VMware to Fix Kernel Header Not Found

The first screen will ask you to click on Install to move ahead.

After that, it will prompt you to authenticate yourself, so please enter the password and wait for the process to be complete.

Wrap up

That’s all, to fix “VMware Kernel Module Updater: Kernel header X.X.X-X-amd64 were not found.” or “C header files matching your running kernel were not found”.

I hope your issue is resolved. If not, let me know in the comment section.

With this, let me end here and see you in the next article.

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VMWare can’t find linux headers path

I’m using ubuntu 12.10 with the kernel 3.7.0-7 from xorg-edgers fresh X crack. Now when I try to launch wmware workstation it asks for linux header path like shown here. I tried all the solutions on that page but nothing works. It was working before I switched to the 3.7 kernel. Any idea what I can do to get it work?

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To make the original answer a little clearer for other folks:

In Ubuntu 13.04 (should work in 12.10 as well), with just the kernel headers installed, you can do this:

sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h

I have to do that every time I update the kernel right now.

This command got me past vmware not finding the headers. However now when I click ‘install’ to start the kernel modules installing it just silently crashes, log file contains no errors. Ubuntu 13.04

First thing to check is for the availability of a newer version of VMplayer or workstation to download. If the latest version does not work, then start looking at the error messages and try to add a link to fix the problem.

Looks like the version.h file got moved again, so adding a symlink is needed:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7-rc6/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7-rc6/include/linux/version.h

See the link http://rglinuxtech.com/2012/11/18/vmware-9-0-1-not-so-clever-after-all/ The headers have been a moving target since 3.2, and vmware does not keep up.

After making sure the proper Linux header files were installed for my kernel, manually creating symbolic links, installing build-essential, and basically following all advice that you linked to here, I still was receiving an error saying the path to the linux headers were invalid.

After doing a sudo apt-get update , it turns out there was a newer version of the Linux headers available than was previously reported. Upgrading the currently installed headers package to the latest version fixed the problem, and the VMWare Config Tool was able to find the headers. In my case, the packages which needed to be upgraded were linux-headers-generic-pae and linux-generic-pae .

If following the instruction that VMware gives you in the error messages doesn’t work, you might have to re-install VMware.

I have the same problem with VirtualBox PUEL every time the kernel is updated because I installed it manually from the .deb files. Fortunately the VBox error message includes instruction for re-running the installation script to install the right code into the kernel.

I surmise that if you use a PPA it might get around this problem by including it in the kernel each time it is updated, but I haven’t tried it yet.

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VMware: kernel headers not found!

Just updated my ubuntu to 20.04 and when i tried to run VMware and VMware Kernel Module started compiling Virtual Machine Monitor and Virtual Network Device and it failed i started VMware using terminal and i had this issues:

I had a similar problem. This instruction page helped me tecmint.com/install-kernel-headers-in-ubuntu-and-debian

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Everytime that my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS updates something related to the kernel, VMware Workstation stops working and errors out with the same message that you are reporting: Kernel Headers not found.

The following solution works, most of the times, for me.

Manually installing the missing headers

Open a terminal and install the headers that VMware wants; following your screenshot, the command should be:

sudo apt install linux-headers-5.4.0-39-generic

After this installation, restart VMware and it should change the error window for a window of «Several modules must be compiled and loaded into the kernel». Press Continue , and wait until it finishes.
If says an error mid-instalation, close VMware and try it again; most of the times I have to go though some errors before it finishes correctly.

Please do note that, at least in my case, the linux-headers version it wants tends to be different every time this error appears.

But sometimes, the solution above will not work, and ocasionally I’ll find out that VMware requieres an already-installed header that does not want to be detected (like your problem).

Removing and reinstalling the required headers

We are going to remove the header VMware is referring to and then manually reinstall it.

First of all, run this command to see which header is currently in use:

If the current header is the one that VMware is complaining about, then DON’T CONTINUE.
Only remove the header version if you know that you are not using it currently.

To remove a header, just do an apt purge like you would do with any other apt package.

sudo apt purge linux-headers-5.4.0-39-generic

Now that’s removed, reinstall it again with:

sudo apt install linux-headers-5.4.0-39-generic

Once installed, fire up VMware again and see if it works or not.

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