

Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21407’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21405’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21403’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21401’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21399’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21397’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21395’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21393’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21391’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21389’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21387’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21385’: Permission deniedĪrch/x86/Makefile:142: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21383’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21381’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21379’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21377’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21375’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21373’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21371’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21369’: Permission denied

Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21366’: Permission denied Mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/.tmp_21364’: Permission denied

Steps don't work unable to run make successfully. Errors out and does not create vmmon.ko file: This did not work for me in KDE NEON and kernel 5.15. But, it's quite different, when one spends over $200 and installing on a mainstream distro. I can provide logs, if actually needed however, this is a problem which apparently continues to rear its ugly head.
#Vmware player download keeps failing install
Sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
