Download from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/6_0
uname -r
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
cd Downloads
~/Downloads$ ls -l
gksudo bash VMware-Player-6.0.5-2443746.i386.bundle
This starts the Wizard and walks you through the rest of the installation