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How to make sure that gcc, binutils, make and the kernel source are installed?

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I installed Kubuntu in a VMWare virtual machine. I am trying to share files between my host and guest OS, which requires to install the VMWare tool set.

When running the VMWare toolset installation it asks me to make sure that gcc, binutils, make and the kernel sources are installed.

Does anyone know what all the kernel sources entails?

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answered 3 Years ago igeonlothe · Accepted Answer

Install the following packages via apt-get or Synaptic:

gcc

binutils

make

linux-source

The last package always contains the sources for the newest kernel. If you are running an older kernel, you should get the sources for that, e.g. linux-source-3.0.0 . If you don't know, which kernel you are running, type uname -a in a terminal.