Ubuntu – VMware 9 install not opening after extraction on 13.04

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A bit of a linux noob here, I'm trying to get VMware installed and I've finally gotten to the point where I can leave terminal and do the easy work lol, but now I'm stuck again.

I followed these instructions and when I get to this part where it extracts the folder the installer doesn't open.

Extracting VMware installer

I tried running vmware-modconfig --console --install-all in the terminal but the last line says something like "could not install all modules check log for details"

The last lines of the log file say:

x’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function] 
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors 
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-exlEke/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... 
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-exlEke/vmci-only] Error 2 
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic' 
make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2 
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-exlEke/vmci-only' 
Unable to install all modules. See log for details.

A user in chat said it looked like a problem with the kernel modules. How can I get VMware Workstation 9 to install under Ubuntu 13.04, kernel 3.8.0-19-generic?

Best Answer

This solution works for me: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2107900

launch this script:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ $UID != 0 ]]; then
    echo "Please run this script with sudo:"
    echo "sudo $0 $*"
    exit 1
fi

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

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
sudo tar -xf vmci.tar
cd vmci-only/linux
sudo sed '127s/.*/   .remove = vmci_remove_device,/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
sudo sed '1753s/.*/static int/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
sudo sed '1981s/.*/static void/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
cd ../..
sudo tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/
sudo rm vmci-only/ -Rf
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
sudo rm /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
echo "Done"
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