The Tip Present How-to Patch the VMware-Workstation 9 Installation on Linux Ubuntu 13.04 Raring.

Without this Patch is Not Plausible to Compile the Needed Modules and Successfully Running the VMware-Workstation 9.0 on Linux Ubuntu Raring Family!

Then Patch has Been Tested for Ubuntu Kernels Up to 3.8.29…

Originally Posted from Vincent on askubuntu.com.

1. Create the Patch:

   nano patch.sh

   Inserts:

   #!/bin/bash
   if [[ $UID != 0 ]]; then
       echo "Please run this script with sudo:"
       echo "sudo $0 $*"
       exit 1
   fi
   
   sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
   
   cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
   sudo tar -xf vmci.tar
   cd vmci-only/linux
   sudo sed '127s/.*/   .remove = vmci_remove_device,/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
   mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
   sudo sed '1753s/.*/static int/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
   mv driver.c.tmp driver.ca
   sudo sed '1981s/.*/static void/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
   mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
   cd ../..
   sudo tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/
   sudo rm vmci-only/ -Rf
   sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
   sudo rm /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
   echo "Done"
   

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit.

2. Execute the Patch

   chmod +x patch.sh

   sudo ./patch.sh