Parallels Tools problem with Linux Mint 15

I installed Mint 15 on my Mac using Parallels. But when I try to install Tools it says there was an error. Here's the log file contents:

What's happening here?

 

I had exactly the same problem.

 

I found that there's a file called "version.h" in the package linux-libc-dev so I installed that package. The file "version.h" is in the directory /usr/include/linux so I copied it to /lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/build/include/linux/. I then tried again. Now the installation gets a bit further but finishes again with a heap of errors.


vr jul 19 19:46:32 CEST 2013
Start installation or upgrade of Guest Tools
new version of parallels tools
Installed Guest Tools were not found
Perform installation into the /usr/lib/parallels-tools directory
cat: /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/../version: No such file or directory
Start installation of prl_eth kernel module
make: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
cd prl_eth/pvmnet && make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet'
make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/build M=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic'
LD /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/built-in.o
CC [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.o
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:66:22: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘pvmnet_pci_init’
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:140:23: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘pvmnet_pci_remove’
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:162:12: error: ‘pvmnet_pci_init’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:163:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:163:25: error: ‘pvmnet_pci_remove’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.c:403:13: warning: ‘pvmnet_setup’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet'
make: *** [installme] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
Error: could not build kernel modules
Error: failed to install kernel modules
2013-07-19T19:46:34+0200: execCmd: ./install --install [143]
2013-07-19T19:46:34+0200: Error: An error occurred when installing Parallels Tools. Please go to /var/log/parallels-tools-install.log for more information.
2013-07-19T19:46:37+0200: Exiting with code 1

 

I found that Linux Mint 15 with Mate Desktop worked fine after being installed directly from the iso using Parallels 8, but Linux Mint 15 with Cinnamon Desktop had numerous problems.