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You need the build essential and headers

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

Select the Install/Upgrade VMware Tools

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
cp /media/cdrom/VM*.tar.gz /tmp
sudo umount /media/cdrom
cd /tmp
tar xzf VM*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
sudo rmmod pcnet32
sudo rmmod vmxnet
sudo modprobe vmxnet
sudo /etc/init.d/networking start