Install VMware Workstation in Ubuntu 12.10

1. Go on Google or VMWARE Website looking for Download files name:
1.1 VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.4-744019.x86_64.bundle
1.2 vmware804fixlinux320.tar.gz

In this example is going to install VMware-Workstation Version 8.0.4 in Ubuntu 12.10

2. After download go to the directory that store the file and issue the command:

vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-toolbox

vannak@computer:~/Downloads$chmod +x VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.4-744019.x86_64.bundle
vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.4-744019.x86_64.bundle

and follow the following screen shoot:

ERROR:

Before you can run VMWARE,serveral modules must be compile and loaded into the running kernel.

Go to the download file: vmware804fixlinux320.tar.gz

Extract and run the patch

vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo tar -xvf vmware804fixlinux320.tar.gz

vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo ./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh

vannak@computer:~/Downloads$sudo patch vmware3.2.0.patch

[sudo] password for vannak:

(pam_mount.c:365): pam_mount 2.13: entering auth stage

patching file vmnet-only/filter.c

patching file vmnet-only/netif.c

patching file vmnet-only/userif.c

gcc and kernel headers must be installed

All done, you can now run VMWare WorkStation.

Modules sources backup can be found in the '/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-workstation8.0.4-2013-04-26-23:31:56-backup' directory

and here a sample key:

VVVVV-AAAAA-NNNN-NNAAA-KKKKK

When we start it error: 

start the VMWARE by issue command:

sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start

When we start it error: 

sudo modprobe vmmon

sudo modprobe vmci

sudo modprobe vmnet

Check VM I network connectivity

sudo vmware-networks --status

start the vmware network it by issue command:

sudo vmware-networks --start

If There is no more Error!!, Let Go...!

Create VMWare:

Complete...!!  Enjoy ...! ;)