Failed to install vmhgfs on xubuntu13.04, resulting in unavailability of sharing

Failed to install vmhgfs on xubuntu13.04, resulting in no sharing problem description: the following error occurs when installing vmwaretools. 1/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only/inode. c: 888: 4: error: implicitdeclarationoffunction & amp; ls... failed to install vmhgfs on xubuntu13.04, resulting in no sharing problem description: the following error occurs when installing vmware tools. 1/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only/inode. c: 888: 4: error: implicit declaration of function 'vmtruncate' [-Werror = implicit-function-declaration] 2C0: some warnings being treated as errors3make [2]: * ** [/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only/inode. o] Error 14 make [2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs .... 5 make [1]: *** [_ module _/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only] Error 26 make [1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/li Nux-headers-3.8.0-18-generic '7make: *** [vmhgfs. ko] Error 28 make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only' cause: this is a bug in vmware tools, which can be caused in linux kernel 3.8.x. Solution: create a folder named 'vmhgfs-fix. SH', 'vmtools. inode. c. patch 'and 'vmwarw.ls-9.x.x.tar.gz' are put in and executed. /vmhgfs-fix.sh automatic patching, and then install the folder to unzip vmware tools. Vmhgfs-fix.sh file content: 01 #! /Bin/bash02 #03 # Patch to fix VMware-Tools installation in kernel 3.8.x04 # Working for Ubuntu 13.04 (Xubuntu and Kubuntu also) 05 #06 07 # Get VMwareTools file (it shocould be in the default format VMwareTools-9.x.x ...) 08 VMFILE = 'ls | grep VMwareTools-9. * '09 10if [[! $ VMFILE] 11then12 printf "\ nERROR: \ nvmwarw.ls-9.(.....tar.gz not found. \ n \ nYou shoshould place it in the current folder and/or \ nRename it as VMwareTools-9... (default format name) \ n "13 exit14fi15 16 # Check for vmware-tools-distrib folder17if [[! -D vmware-tools-distrib] 18then19 printf "\ nExtracting VMware-tools... \ n "20 # Extract VMware Tools21 tar xf $ VMFILE22else23 printf" \ n/vmware-tools-distrib already exists. \ nPlease remove it before applying this patch. \ n "24 exit25fi26 27 # Record the current directory28PATCH_DIR = $ PWD29 30 printf" \ nApplying patch to VMware-Tools... \ n "31 sleep 332 pushd vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source33 34 # Make a backup of vmhgfs.tar 35cp vmhgfs.tar. backup36 # Extract vmhgfs.tar 37tar xf vmhgfs.tar 38 # Go to extracted vmhgfs.tar 39 pushd vmhgfs-only/40 # Apply patch41patch-p1 <$ PATCH_DIR/vmtools. inode. c. patch42popd43 # Remove old vmhgfs.tar 44rm-rf vmhgfs.tar 45 # Repack new vmhgfs.tar 46tar cf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only47 # Remove vmhgfs-only dir which is not needed48rm-rf vmhgfs-only49popd50 51 prin Tf "\ nPatch Applied! \ N "52 printf" Now try to install VMware-Tools. \ n "vmtools. inode. c. patch file content: 01 ---. /inode. c 2013-02-26 02:18:24. 000000000 + 000002 ++. /inode. c 00:34:59. 995053850 + 010003 @-885, 7 + 885, 8 @ 04 ASSERT (inode); 05 06 LOG (4, (KERN_DEBUG "VMware hgfs: HgfsTruncatePages: entered \ n ")); 07-result = compat_vmtruncate (inode, newSize); 08 + // result = compat_vmtruncate (inode, newSize); 09 + result = 0; // Fix for kernels 3.8.x due to an error in truncate function10 if (result) {11 LOG (4, (KERN_DEBUG "VMware hgfs: HgfsTruncatePages: vmtruncate failed "12" with error code % d \ n ", result ));