I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 in a VM using vmware workstation, and trying to get the guest OS to see the shared directory. I have installed vmware tools using the VM menu.
Afterwards, vmware-hgfsclient returns the name of the shared directory from Windows, but it is not mounted in /mnt/hgfs (although that directory does exist.
I followed the directions here and ran vmware-config-tools.pl
It goes smoothly until it wants to configure hgfs, and asks for the path to the gcc binary. According to which gcc it's installed in /usr/bin/gcc. However, when I specify that path I get an error saying that the path is invalid, and I am unable to get any further.
I've done a lot of searching on this error and have tried a bunch of different things (at this point I've lost track of everything I've tried), and so am hoping somebody can help me out.
Thanks in advance!
Error message:
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? /usr/bin/gcc
The path "/usr/bin/gcc" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes]
