These are the problems I encountered during the installation of VMWare Tools 6.0 on a fresh install of Peppermint OS 2010.04.24.
A) What is the location of the "gcc" program of your machine?
If the gcc compiler is missing, use the following command to install:
$ sudo apt-get install gcc
After the installation is finished, to find the location of gcc,
$ which gcc
Output:
/usr/bin/gcc
Answer: What is the location of the "gcc" program of your machine? /usr/bin/gcc
B) "What is the location the directory of C header files that match your running kernel?
The C header files are not found under /usr/src/linux/include which is the default path specified on the prompt. Here's how you install the linux header files.
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-'uname -r' build-essential
replace 'uname -r' with what you get when you type:
$ uname -r
2.6.32-22-generic
The complete command:
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic build-essential
After the installation is finished, the location of the directory of C header files for your kernel is at:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic/include
Answer: "What is the location the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic/include
