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I want to try a machine I got as a vmware image, so I went to install  the Free (as in beer) VMware player, this ois what it takes:

• There is no deb package so we must make sure we have the linux headers and build essentials:
  sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
• Go get the latest player version at : http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ make sure you download th .bundle version
• Execute it with root permissions with:
  gksudo bash VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.i386.bundle

  Of course, change the file version in name as what you have (tab is your friend)

• A graphical installer will start, just click on install.
• And when completed just click close.
• That’s it it should be now in the GNOME Menu under Applications > System Tools > VMware Player