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Fedora Core/VMware tools, manual install help

Running a FC21 vm on ESXi 5.5 and I need to install the tools.  But it's hitting a roadblock on the correct path to the kernel headers.  I've googled and tried all I can find but on this system there is not path: /lib/modules/<uname -r>/build/include/linux  The build subdir is a sym link to /usr/src/kernels/<uname -r>

What am I doing wrong?
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are the kernel headers and devel packages installed?
should be under /usr/src/kernel/<kernel version>/include
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Yup.. I've installed the headers and kernel dev packages. However this might be cause for concern...

[root@localhost 4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64]# cd /usr/src
[root@localhost src]# ls
debug  kernels
[root@localhost src]# cd kernels
[root@localhost kernels]# ls
4.1.13-100.fc21.x86_64  4.1.8-100.fc21.x86_64
[root@localhost kernels]# uname -r

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Then..

[root@localhost kernels]# yum install kernel-headers
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Package kernel-headers-4.1.13-100.fc21.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

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[root@localhost kernels]# yum list kernel
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
kernel.x86_64                                        3.17.4-301.fc21                                        @koji-override-0/$releasever
kernel.x86_64                                        4.1.5-100.fc21                                         @updates
kernel.x86_64                                        4.1.13-100.fc21                                        @updates

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that first output is missing the last line from the uname command
Crap sorry about that, here you go:

[root@localhost kernels]# uname -r
4.1.5-100.fc21.x86_64

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Not me Seth.. kernels scare me.  I need to remember what host this is so I can try a reboot.
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