方法一：
To install VMware Tools on Ubuntu 9.04, you can download and run a script from Chrysaor.info that installs the VMware Tools automatically. Below is described how to do this.
Open a terminal window and execute the following command to download the script:
wget http://chrysaor.info/scripts/ubuntu904vmtools.sh
Now run the script that installs VMware Tools (Warning: it will download some files):
sudo bash ./ubuntu904vmtools.sh
When the script promps for answers, just hit Enter as defaults are OK. If you're using VMware Fusion, Server or Workstation, reboot the virtual machine and you are done.
Now installs VMMouse input driver to use with VMWare and reboot the virtual machine.
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
If you are using VMware Player and need Shared Folder support, read on here.
转自：http://chrysaor.info/?page=faq#ubuntu904_tools
方法二：
1.安装VMware Workstation 7。
2.在VMware Workstation 中安装好ubuntu9.04。
3.设置VMware Workstation的VM->Option->Shared Folders为Always Enabled。
4.单击VMware Workstationr的VM->Install VMware Tools。
4.在ubuntu中打开终端，输入如下命令：
安装linux-headers：
sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
将VMwareTools-8.1.3-203739.tar.gz安装包解压到/tmp下：
tar xzfv /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.3-203739.tar.gz -C /tmp
安装：
sudo /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
安装过程都使用默认设置，直至完成。
