How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
How-to for 8.04

# sudo vmware-install.pl

Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] NO

# sudo ./runme.pl (vmware-any-any-updateXXX)
This time, we can run vmware-config.pl.