Installing VMware tools on Ubuntu machine

Steps are so simple:
First you need to mount VMware Tools CD image. Turn on your virtual machine then log in to your machine using your administrator account. then go to 'VM' > 'Install VMware Tools...'.

then the file you're looking for is mounted in your CD/DVD ROM. name of the file is something like "VMwareTools-8.8.0-471268.tar.gz" , numbers might be different based on your version of VMware.
right click on it and copy it on your desktop and then select "Extract here".

After extraction; it creates a new folder name "vmware-tools-distrib"
then you need to run the Terminal inside the Ubuntu which is something like Microsoft command propmt
I'm using Ubuntu 12, so click on "Dash Home" and "Terminal" should be there; if not type "Terminal" in search box and find it. run the Terminal.
you need to go to the desktop where the VMware tools are located.
command is:

cd home/username/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib

where username is your username you log in to Ubuntu. then run following command:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d

-d parametter doing that automatically, if you don't like that, remove it and answer the question as prompted.
enter your password if you are asked.
restart your machine and your done.
remember commands in Ubuntu is case-sensative, which means "desktop" is different than "Desktop"

here's another website which has more detail about the process and cover different versions.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022525