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cd prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs && make CC=cc
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs'
make -C /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/build M=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs CC=cc
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.0-25-generic'
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.o
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c: In function 'prlfs_remount':
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:119:21: error: 'MS_RDONLY' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'IS_RDONLY'?
  if ( (!((*flags) & MS_RDONLY) && PRLFS_SB(sb)->readonly) ||
                     ^~~~~~~~~
                     IS_RDONLY
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:119:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:120:21: error: 'MS_MANDLOCK' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'IS_MANDLOCK'?
         ((*flags) & MS_MANDLOCK) )
                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
                     IS_MANDLOCK
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:123:12: error: 'MS_SYNCHRONOUS' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'SB_SYNCHRONOUS'?
  *flags |= MS_SYNCHRONOUS; /* silently don't drop sync flag */
            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            SB_SYNCHRONOUS
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c: In function 'prlfs_fill_super':
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:277:17: error: 'MS_NOATIME' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'S_NOATIME'?
  sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME | MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
                 ^~~~~~~~~~
                 S_NOATIME
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:277:30: error: 'MS_SYNCHRONOUS' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'SB_SYNCHRONOUS'?
  sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME | MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                              SB_SYNCHRONOUS
scripts/Makefile.build:284: recipe for target '/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.o' failed
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.o] Error 1
Makefile:1606: recipe for target '_module_/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs' failed
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.0-25-generic'
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs] Error 2
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/Makefile.v26:13: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
Makefile.kmods:49: recipe for target 'compile' failed
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
make: *** [compile] Error 2
Error: could not build kernel modules
Error during report about failed installation of parallels tools.
Error: failed to install Parallels Guest Tools!
2019-08-27T11:19:22+0800: Started installation of Parallels Guest Tools version '14.1.3.45485'

Error during report about start installation of parallels tools.
Tue Aug 27 11:19:19 CST 2019
Start installation or upgrade of Guest Tools
Makefile:223: ================= WARNING ================
Makefile:224: 'SUBDIRS' will be removed after Linux 5.3
Makefile:225: Please use 'M=' or 'KBUILD_EXTMOD' instead
Makefile:226: ==========================================
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c: In function 'prlfs_remount':
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:119:21: error: 'MS_RDONLY' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'IS_RDONLY'?
  if ( (!((*flags) & MS_RDONLY) && PRLFS_SB(sb)->readonly) ||
                     ^~~~~~~~~
                     IS_RDONLY
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:119:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:120:21: error: 'MS_MANDLOCK' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'IS_MANDLOCK'?
         ((*flags) & MS_MANDLOCK) )
                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
                     IS_MANDLOCK
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:123:12: error: 'MS_SYNCHRONOUS' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'SB_SYNCHRONOUS'?
  *flags |= MS_SYNCHRONOUS; /* silently don't drop sync flag */
            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            SB_SYNCHRONOUS
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c: In function 'prlfs_fill_super':
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:277:17: error: 'MS_NOATIME' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'S_NOATIME'?
  sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME | MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
                 ^~~~~~~~~~
                 S_NOATIME
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c:277:30: error: 'MS_SYNCHRONOUS' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'SB_SYNCHRONOUS'?
  sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME | MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                              SB_SYNCHRONOUS
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [compile] Error 2
Error: could not build kernel modules
Error during report about failed installation of parallels tools.
Error: failed to install Parallels Guest Tools!
2019-08-27T11:19:22+0800: execCmd: ./install --install [167]
2019-08-27T11:19:22+0800: Error: An error occurred when installing Parallels Tools. Please go to /var/log/parallels-tools-install.log for more information.
2019-08-27T11:20:01+0800: Exiting with code 1
2019-08-27T11:23:11+0800:
  1. Mount parallels tools disk
  2. Run script bellow 
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

MEDIA_PATH="/media/$(whoami)/Parallels Tools"
FIXED_PATH="/tmp/parallels_fixed"

if [[ ! -d "${MEDIA_PATH}" ]]; then
    echo "Please mount parallels tools disk before install"
    exit
fi
echo "Copy install files to ${FIXED_PATH}"
cp -rf "${MEDIA_PATH}" "${FIXED_PATH}"
chmod -R 755 "${FIXED_PATH}"
cd "${FIXED_PATH}/kmods"
echo "Unpack prl_mod.tar.gz"
tar -xzf prl_mod.tar.gz
rm prl_mod.tar.gz
echo "Patch prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c"
sed '1i\#include <uapi/linux/mount.h>' -i prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/super.c
echo "Repack prl_mod.tar.gz"
tar -zcvf prl_mod.tar.gz . dkms.conf Makefile.kmods > /dev/null
cd "${FIXED_PATH}"
echo "Start install"
sudo ./install
echo "Remove ${FIXED_PATH}"
rm -rf "${FIXED_PATH}"

Above script works on most distributions, and may broken on some others.

Check your media path, if not /media/$(whoami)/Parallels Tools, you will need to modify the script.

See @YadinF 's experience on CentOS 8. gistcomment-3902136

And if you have trouble get the script into your VM, see @Mathadon 's trick. gistcomment-4126105

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t3ll0 commented Oct 4, 2019

Thank you very much i succeeded in ubuntu 18.04 19.04 and KALI Linux 2019.3

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@ t3ll0 You are welcome~

@xnianq
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xnianq commented Oct 15, 2019

老哥 你也太强了，很稳

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whlsxl commented Nov 27, 2019

It worked! THX

@notDavid
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👍

@Jane42070
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THX, problem solved!

@ccravens
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Amazing!! THANK YOU! A+++++

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ymm135 commented Jun 30, 2021

Great!

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Uffi64 commented Sep 21, 2021

Thank you so much. Worked perfect for me as well!

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YadinF commented Sep 23, 2021

Script doesn't work as is on CentOS 8, needs modification. Actual media path is /run/media/ and you have to hard add your username as the whoami syntax does not work. Change those two lines to a valid path and then this script will work. Of course you still have to install a bunch of things manually first because their prereq installing doesn't work. Likely because they need dkms and that's not in the normal repos so you have to add extras epel-release.
Nice job finding a fix for their broken installer. So much for a commercial solution making vms easier.

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@YadinF Thanks for your feedback! Have a good day!

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Thanks bro it worked awesome. the only thing I had to change was the path to parallel tools "media/cdrom0" in a couple places

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Mathadon commented Apr 8, 2022 •
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Script doesn't work as is on CentOS 8, needs modification. Actual media path is /run/media/ and you have to hard add your username as the whoami syntax does not work. Change those two lines to a valid path and then this script will work. Of course you still have to install a bunch of things manually first because their prereq installing doesn't work. Likely because they need dkms and that's not in the normal repos so you have to add extras epel-release.
Nice job finding a fix for their broken installer. So much for a commercial solution making vms easier.

Worked for me too. I had some trouble to get the script in my VM though. Copy/paste did not work (since parallels tools is broken) and internet does not work either. Instead of manually typing the code I did the following:

  • copy the code to a .sh file in a folder
  • use disk utility to create a DVD/CDROM image of that folder (.cdr extension)
  • convert the .cdr to .iso: hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o diskimage.iso diskimage.cdr
  • mount the iso in parallels on the cd drive using Device> ..
  • copy the script form the CD
  • eject the cd
  • mount parallels tools again
  • run the script

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sergani commented Apr 15, 2023

Thanks @xiaozhuai for the script, @YadinF for the CentOS 8 fix, and @Mathadon for the .iso trick to avoid retyping the whole thing on the VM.

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