https://www.vmware.com/go/getworkstation-linuxGuide for Debian : sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
reboot the computer
sudo apt-get install make
sudo chmod 544 VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
sudo VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
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Guide for ArchLinux (similar to Ubuntu) : sudo pacman -R linux
sudo pacman -Syy linux-lts
reboot the computer
sudo pacman -S linux-lts-headers gcc make
Alternative solution : search vmware patch on GitHub ,download and apply them .
sudo chmod 544 VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
sudo VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
sudo pacman -S gksu
sudo cp -f /bin/gksu /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-gksu
Guide for RedHat or CentOS : sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-devel-$(uname -r) gcc make
sudo chmod 544 VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
sudo VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle