===== Install VMware tools on Debian / Ubuntu =====

**Error gcc is not valid path to the gcc binary**

The installatinon of vmware tools 9.2.3 build-1031360 for linux completed sucessfully.  you can devide to 
remove this software form your system at any time by invoking the following command:
<code>/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl</code>
before running vmware tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking  the following command:
<code>"usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for  you now?
[yes]
</code>

Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
<code>
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
</code>

Searching for GCC...
the path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary. 
Would you like to change it? [yes]

What is the location of the gcc program on your machine?

locate gcc

and found that there is a folder called /usr/lib/gcc, so I tried to put that in as the location but it says that the path **/usr/lib/gcc** is not valid path to the gcc library. How do I find out where the gcc binary is on my machine is?

Install all the following packages
<code>
sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude install libglib2.0-0
sudo aptitude install gcc-4.7 make linux-headers-`uname -r` -y
or
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.7 linux-headers-`uname -r`
</code>