How do I install Parallels Tools in Ubuntu Virtual Machine?

Article ID: 5560 
Last Review: Oct,6 2008
Author: Vitaly Filatov
Last updated by: system APPLIES TO:
  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.x
  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.x
  • Parallels Server for Mac
  • Parallels Server for Linux

Symptoms

Trying to install Parallels Tools in the Virtual Machine running Ubuntu I am getting the error message that Parallels Tools need the kernel source.

Resolution

The following packages are necessary in order to install Parallels Tools in the VM running Ubuntu:
linux-headers  build-essential


Install the packages 'linux-headers' and 'build-essential' using the following command in console:
# sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential


After the packages are installed try to install Parallels Tools again.
Keywords: tools, Ubuntu, kernel source


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