centos 6安装VMware-Workstation-7.0.0-203739.i386_tool.bundle

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　　安装过程正常，遇到一个问题，问题描述
　　From:
http://blog.secaserver.com/2011/09/linux-vmware-tools-installation-error/

　　
Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The path "" is not valid.
Would you like to change it? [yes]
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel?

　　What VMWare needs is the kernel-header and kernel-devel package from the same version with your current loaded kernel. You can check your loaded kernel by using following command:
　　
　　解决办法：方法1测试通过
　　
SOLUTION 1
　　Solution #1 is highly recommended because it is better to update your  kernel to the latest stable version provided by the repository. But you  need to have downtime on this. Steps as below:
　　1. Update the kernel:
　　
$ yum update kernel -y
　　2. Install the kernel-headers, kernel-devel and other required packages:

$ yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc make -y

　　3. Reboot the server to make sure it load to the new kernel:

$ init 6
　　4. The kernel version has been updated including the kernel-headers and kernel-devel:

$uname -r
2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64
$rpm -qa | grep -e kernel-headers -e kernel-devel
kernel-headers-2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-devel-2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64

SOLUTION 2

　　Solution #2 require you to install kernel-headers and kernel-devel with your current kernel version. Steps as below:

　　1. Install the same version of kernel-headers and kernel-devel via yum:

$ yum install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-devel-$(uname -r) -y

　　NOTE: If you have install gcc previously, you will facing error because the kernel-headers already installed but the version is the latest kernel version. You need to remove it first using following command:


$ yum remove kernel-headers -y

　　2. Install required files:


$ yum install gcc make -y
　　3. No need to reboot the server. Just make sure the kernel, kernel-headers and kernel-devel version are same:

$ uname -r
2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
$ rpm -qa | grep -e kernel-headers -e kernel-devel
kernel-headers-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
kernel-devel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64

　　Once you have completed using one of the solution above, proceed to the VMware tools installation by following the wizard. The installation should be able to detect the kernel header path at this moment.