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Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command.
9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation.
10 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine.
For general information on installing Parallels Tools in Linux, refer to Installing Parallels Tools
in a Linux Guest OS (p. 79).
Installing the GCC Package and
Kernel Sources in Linux
When installing or upgrading Parallels Tools in a Linux virtual machine, you may need to install
the gcc package and kernel sources in your Linux guest OS. Kernel sources can be either
downloaded from the Internet or installed from Linux distribution disks.
To install the gcc package and kernel sources in the RHEL/Fedora/CentOS Linux distribution,
enter the following command in a terminal:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
make
To install the gcc package and kernel sources in the Debian/Ubuntu Linux distribution, enter the
following command in a terminal:
apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)
For information on how to install the gcc package and kernel sources in other Linux
distributions, refer to the documentation for these distributions.
If you still experience any problems, try to find a solution in Parallels Knowledge Base
(http://kb.parallels.com/) or refer to the Parallels suppor
t team
http://www.parallels.com/en/support/desktop/.