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System Information



Host - Windows 10

VMware - 11.1.2

Guest - CentOS 7


I installed kernel-headers using yum since during the installation of vmware-tools I get a message




"Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a
valid path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like
to change it?".




I have following packages installed





  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64




Then again I tried to install the vmware-tools, getting same message




Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a valid
path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like to
change it? [yes]



Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
kernel? /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64/include/linux




I have tried below paths




  • /usr/include

  • /usr/include/linux

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64/include


But vmware-tools tells me none of them are valid paths to the kernel headers. Surely, one of these had to be the directory vmware-tools is looking for?






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  • yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
    – user219347
    Mar 6 '17 at 5:49










  • I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
    – fpmurphy1
    Oct 21 '17 at 7:37















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System Information



Host - Windows 10

VMware - 11.1.2

Guest - CentOS 7


I installed kernel-headers using yum since during the installation of vmware-tools I get a message




"Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a
valid path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like
to change it?".




I have following packages installed





  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64




Then again I tried to install the vmware-tools, getting same message




Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a valid
path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like to
change it? [yes]



Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
kernel? /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64/include/linux




I have tried below paths




  • /usr/include

  • /usr/include/linux

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64/include


But vmware-tools tells me none of them are valid paths to the kernel headers. Surely, one of these had to be the directory vmware-tools is looking for?






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  • yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
    – user219347
    Mar 6 '17 at 5:49










  • I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
    – fpmurphy1
    Oct 21 '17 at 7:37













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System Information



Host - Windows 10

VMware - 11.1.2

Guest - CentOS 7


I installed kernel-headers using yum since during the installation of vmware-tools I get a message




"Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a
valid path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like
to change it?".




I have following packages installed





  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64




Then again I tried to install the vmware-tools, getting same message




Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a valid
path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like to
change it? [yes]



Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
kernel? /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64/include/linux




I have tried below paths




  • /usr/include

  • /usr/include/linux

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64/include


But vmware-tools tells me none of them are valid paths to the kernel headers. Surely, one of these had to be the directory vmware-tools is looking for?






linux centos rhel vmware







share|improve this question















System Information



Host - Windows 10

VMware - 11.1.2

Guest - CentOS 7


I installed kernel-headers using yum since during the installation of vmware-tools I get a message




"Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a
valid path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like
to change it?".




I have following packages installed





  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64




Then again I tried to install the vmware-tools, getting same message




Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not a valid
path to the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 kernel headers. Would you like to
change it? [yes]



Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
kernel? /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64/include/linux




I have tried below paths




  • /usr/include

  • /usr/include/linux

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64

  • /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64/include


But vmware-tools tells me none of them are valid paths to the kernel headers. Surely, one of these had to be the directory vmware-tools is looking for?






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  • yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
    – user219347
    Mar 6 '17 at 5:49










  • I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
    – fpmurphy1
    Oct 21 '17 at 7:37


















  • yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
    – user219347
    Mar 6 '17 at 5:49










  • I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
    – fpmurphy1
    Oct 21 '17 at 7:37
















yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
– user219347
Mar 6 '17 at 5:49




yum -y install 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
– user219347
Mar 6 '17 at 5:49












I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
– fpmurphy1
Oct 21 '17 at 7:37




I just installed kernel-devel and kernel-headers, ran the vmware-tools script, answered the questions correctly and it all just worked.
– fpmurphy1
Oct 21 '17 at 7:37










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Try doing a uname -a to find the exact version of the kernel you're running, and then installing the EXACT matching headers. For example: kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.






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  • i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
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Try doing a uname -a to find the exact version of the kernel you're running, and then installing the EXACT matching headers. For example: kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.






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  • i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
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Try doing a uname -a to find the exact version of the kernel you're running, and then installing the EXACT matching headers. For example: kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.






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  • i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
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    Sep 29 '15 at 19:26













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Try doing a uname -a to find the exact version of the kernel you're running, and then installing the EXACT matching headers. For example: kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.






share|improve this answer














Try doing a uname -a to find the exact version of the kernel you're running, and then installing the EXACT matching headers. For example: kernel-headers-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.







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  • i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
    – Emil
    Sep 29 '15 at 19:26


















  • i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
    – Emil
    Sep 29 '15 at 19:26
















i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
– Emil
Sep 29 '15 at 19:26




i have installed the matching kernel after doing uname -a
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Sep 29 '15 at 19:26





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