4 Replies Latest reply on Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM by mry

    GCC not found although gcc installed :/

    panosru Lurker
    panosru Nov 20, 2011 9:02 AM

      Hello I created a Debian 6 64bit VM but when I try to install vmware tools I get the error that gcc is not found, but it is installed I checked more than 100 times   here is the output I get from terminal:

       

       

      Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed... 
 
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
 
 
Searching for GCC...
The path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes] 

What is the location of the gcc program on your machine? /usr/bin/gcc

The path "/usr/bin/gcc" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes] ^C
Execution aborted.
 
root@dev:/usr/local/vmware-tools-distrib# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) make gcc
apt-get: /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.10)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version.
linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64 is already the newest version.
make is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@dev:/usr/local/vmware-tools-distrib# whereis gcc
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc /usr/lib/gcc /usr/lib64/gcc
root@dev:/usr/local/vmware-tools-distrib# whereis linux-headers-$(uname -r)
linux-headers-2.6:
root@dev:/usr/local/vmware-tools-distrib# whereis make
make: /usr/bin/make /usr/share/man/man1/make.1.gz
root@dev:/usr/local/vmware-tools-distrib#

       

       

      Thanks in advance

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        • 1. Re: GCC not found although gcc installed :/
          a.p. Guru
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          a.p. Nov 20, 2011 9:20 AM (in response to panosru)

          After installing GCC, you may need to export the path. The following lines worked for me (maybe there are newer versions available):

          apt-get install gcc-4.3 linux-headers-2.6-amd64 make

          export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.3

           

          André

          • 2. Re: GCC not found although gcc installed :/
            panosru Lurker
            panosru Nov 20, 2011 9:35 AM (in response to a.p.)

            Hello, thanks for your quick reply, I have those already installed, I tried export CC but still I get the same error, I tried to enter the correct paths manualy but still installation failed.

             

             

            Searching for GCC...
The path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes]   
 
What is the location of the gcc program on your machine? /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
 
The path "/usr/bin/gcc-4.3" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes] no
 
Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The path "" is not a valid path to the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [yes] 
 
Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel? /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/build/include
 
The path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/build/include" is not a valid path to the
2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [yes] no

             

            The paths I entered are correct:

             

             

            root@dev:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/build/include# ls
asm  asm-x86  config  linux
root@dev:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/build/include# ls /usr/bin/ | grep gcc-4.3
gcc-4.3
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-4.3

             

            I tried with x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-4.3 but still I receive:

             


            Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
   Checking acpi hot plug                                              done
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
   Switching to guest configuration:                                   done
   Guest operating system daemon:                                     failed
   Virtual Printing daemon:                                            done
Unable to start services for VMware Tools

Execution aborted.

             

             

            Thanks

            • 3. Re: GCC not found although gcc installed :/
              panosru Lurker
              panosru Nov 20, 2011 4:08 PM (in response to panosru)

              apt-get install libglib2.0-0 is the solution!

              • 4. Re: GCC not found although gcc installed :/
                mry Novice
                mry Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM (in response to panosru)

                Thanks for the solution. Had the same problem, this fixed.

                 

                Thanks