For future reference.
Install ubuntu
Download vmware server.tgz
Download vmware client.tgz
install the needed packages

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential g++-3.4
sudo apt-get install xinet
cd vmware-server-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

cd vmware-console-distrib/

sudo ./vmware-install.pl