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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001703Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2025-07-14 09:36
Reportertomer90 Assigned Tomuts  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.0.9 
Summary0001703: Unable to install vmware-tools because of missing linux headers
Description

I installed kali in a vmware and it is impossible to install the vmware tools because the linux headers are missing which cant be easily solved by adding this:
deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-bleeding-edge main

to the sources list and running apt-get update.
I dont presume to be an expert but it seems all of these are your repos anyway so why not just add them automatically to the sources file?
Thanks!

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muts

muts

2014-08-31 09:34

reporter   ~0002499

This is a sure way of breaking your Kali Linux installation. The documentation is very clear about this - http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kali-linux-sources-list-repositories

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-08-31 09:18 tomer90 New Issue
2014-08-31 09:34 muts Note Added: 0002499
2014-08-31 09:34 muts Status new => closed
2014-08-31 09:34 muts Assigned To => muts
2014-08-31 09:34 muts Resolution open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal