Install Vmware workstation in Ubuntu Linux

How to Install VMware Workstation 12 on

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by Jan
This how-to basically follows whats been said here already, updated links for new version.
0) Do the basic system installation of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Server or Desktop)
Run these two commands in terminal :1.sudo apt-get update && sudo
apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove
2. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

1) wget the installer

wget https://www.vmware.com/go/tryworkstation-linux-64

2) set the downloaded file as executable (optionally rename using mv or GUI):

sudo chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-12.0.0-2985596.x86_64.bundle

3) run the installation:

./VMware-Workstation-Full-12.0.0-2985596.x86_64.bundle

4) finish the installation dependencies (if you get error like A compatible version of gcc was not
found. then this is exactly what you are looking for:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

5) some additional tweaks:

sudo apt-cache search linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

6) run the VMware workstation -> profit