Install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu

[edit] Install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu - Minimal Install

Make sure you already have gcc installed. You can install it by running the command apt-get install gcc

Right click on the VM and select "install VMWare tools", then click "Install"
From the console (or SSH session, run the following commands)
mount /dev/cdrom
cp /media/cdrom/VM*.gz /usr/src
cd /usr/src
umount /dev/cdrom
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl - you should just be able to hit enter all the way through
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
depmod -a
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/networking start
/etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart