Install VM Player on Ubuntu

How to Install VMPlayer on Ubuntu

Get the VMPlayer from site

1. https://my.vmware.com  
             and browse to downloads section (You may need to register first)

Then you need to install linux headers that is required for VM Player

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

Go to the location where you downloaded it and then change the execute permission

3. chmod +x VMware-Player-5.0.3-1410761.x86_64.bundle   (filename may differ)

Execute this command to install the bundle

4.  sudo ./VMware-Player-5.0.3-1410761.x86_64.bundle

Then just follow the trivial steps to finish the installation.

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