Install needed packages
sudo apt-get install gcc sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)Create vmware tools package
Use VMware window option VM -> Install VMware Tools to generate a virtual DVD-ROM with the package.
Uncompress & Untar VMwareTools-x.x.x-xxxxx.tar.gz
click the packge DVD-ROM and “extract to” Desktop the tar.gz file
Run vmware-install.pl
sudo Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
install vmware tools on Ubuntu
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