# I tested these instructions on Ubuntu 9.04 Server 64-bit running on
# VMware Fusion 2.0.4.

# I'm assuming you're doing this all from $HOME.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential curl

# Either (Ubuntu 9.04 Server)
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server
# Or (Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop)
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers

In VMware: Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools

$ mount /dev/cdrom
$ tar xzvf /cdrom/VMwareTools-7.9.3-159196.tar.gz

$ cd vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source
$ tar xvf vmhgfs.tar

# via http://backtrack4.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-vmware-tools-vmhgfs-working-on.html
$ curl -o vmhgfs.patch http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=180008

$ cd vmhgfs-only
$ patch -p3 < ../vmhgfs.patch
$ cd ..
$ mv vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-unpatched.tar
$ tar cvf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only
$ cd ~/vmware-tools-distrib
$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl

In VMware: Virtual Machine > Settings > Sharing > Share folders on your Mac

$ sudo shutdown -r now