• Install required packages build-essential and linux-headers

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

• Download the latest VMware player e.g. VMware-Player-5.0.2-1031769.x86_64.bundle (download the bundle version, not the rpm one) and run it as root using gksudo. You'll get a graphical installer that installs VMware player for you.

gksudo bash ./tmp/VMware-Player-5.0.2-1031769.x86_64.bundle

List VMware Products installed:

vmware-installer -l

Uninstall Vmware Player

sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player

See also: Ubuntu Community Documentation VMware/Player

 sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

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