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Below is a quick reference guide for installing VMware tools on Debian :

pico /etc/apt/sources.list (comment out any CD-ROM sources)
uname -r keep a note of this it will be handy later
apt-get install automake binutils cpp gcc make gcc-4.1
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` psmisc autoconf
ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux/
export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1
./vmware-install.pl (start the vmware tools installer)

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