Compilation of VMWare-tools on Ubuntu Hardy

After installing VMWare server on Ubuntu 8:04 we will certainly want to get inside even VMWare-tools, ie instruments that allow us a doubt the most intense use of our virtual machine.
Here's the procedure:

1. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$ (uname-r);
2. tar-xzf VMwareTools-1.0.6-91891.tar.gz;
3. cd vmware-tools-distrib /
4. sudo. / vmware-install.pl

But your experience with these tools might be frustrating if there was help in this post that explains how to work around the error:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/ tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only '
make-C / lib/modules/2.6.24-19-server/build/include / .. Subdirs = $ PWD SRCROOT = $ PWD /. modules
make [1]: Entering directory `/ usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-server '
CC [M] / tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o
In file included from include / linux / string.h: 11,
from / tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.h: 18
from / tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.c: 18:
include / linux / types.h: 40: error: conflicting types for 'uintptr_t'
/ tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/vm_basic_types.h: 161: error: previous declaration of 'uintptr_t' was here
make [2]: *** [/ tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o] Error 1
make [1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only] Error 2
make [1]: Leaving directory `/ usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-server '
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/ tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only '
Unable to build the module vmhgfs.

The problem was solved on the forum vmware simply using open-vmware-tools to build the kernel module and then install vmware-tools normally (sudo. / Vmware-install.pl):

1. sudo apt-get install libproc-dev libdumbnet-dev libicu-dev;
2. wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-2008.07.01-102166.tar.gz;
3. tar-xzf open-vm-tools-*. tar.gz
4. cd open-vm-tools-*
5. . / configure-without-x
6. make
7. cd modules / linux
8. for i in *; do mv $ (i) $ (i)-only; tar-cf $ (i). tar $ (i)-only; done
9. cd ../../../
10. mv-f open-vm-tools-* / modules / linux / *. tar vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source /
11. cd vmware-tools-distrib /
12. sudo. / vmware-install.pl

Now everything is OK!

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