the path is not a valid path to the kali kernel headers vmware tools

using root

append

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free

to

/etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update

apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h

now install vmware tools

done