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run &quot;dpkg -l | grep anypackagename&quot; to find if you already installed.<br />
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run &quot;apt-cache search anypackagename&quot; to find a correct package name; then you can use apt-get to install it.<br />

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run "dpkg -l | grep anypackagename" to find if you already installed.

run "apt-cache search anypackagename" to find a correct package name; then you can use apt-get to install it.


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I am installing VMWare tools on a Ubuntu 11.04 VM under ESXi 4.1<br />
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I've used the VM menu 'install tools option' then &nbsp;extracted the VMWareTools-8.3.2-257589.t<wbr />ar.gz to a dir on desktop called vmtools<br />
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Then in terminal ive run vmware-install.pl<br />
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I press enter and answer yes to all defaults.<br />
<br />
When the tools run and ask for configuration i get stuck at :<br />
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Searching for GCC ..<br />
The path &quot;&quot;&nbsp;is not valid path to the gcc binary<br />
Would you like to change it? [yes] <br />
<br />
then i'm asked :<br />
What is the location of the gcc program on your machine?<br />
<br />
I don't what GCC is, whether its installed or not and what its path would be.<br />
<br />
Please Help.
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I am installing VMWare tools on a Ubuntu 11.04 VM under ESXi 4.1

I've used the VM menu 'install tools option' then  extracted the VMWareTools-8.3.2-257589.tar.gz to a dir on desktop called vmtools

Then in terminal ive run vmware-install.pl

I press enter and answer yes to all defaults.

When the tools run and ask for configuration i get stuck at :

Searching for GCC ..
The path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary
Would you like to change it? [yes] 

then i'm asked :
What is the location of the gcc program on your machine?

I don't what GCC is, whether its installed or not and what its path would be.

Please Help.

How to install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu Server 11.04 VM location of GCC?

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