https://www.vmware.com/go/getworkstation-linux .
Guide for Debian or Ubuntu : sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install make
sudo chmod 544 $vmware-bundle
sudo $vmware-bundle
.
Guide for ArchLinux : Find mkubecek or pavlinux on GitHub ( GitHub accounts) download and apply the VMware patch
Alternative solution : sudo pacman -R linux &&sudo pacman -Syy linux-lts&&sudo reboot
And then install headers gcc make .
sudo chmod 544 $vmware-bundle
sudo $vmware-bundle
sudo pacman -S gksu
sudo cp -f /bin/gksu /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-gksu