Download and install VMware Tools 9.6.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 with older/custom kernel (3.14 tested)

install-vmware-tools.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -ex

sudo apt-get purge -y "open-vm-*"

mkdir -p /tmp/install-vmware-tools && rm -rf /tmp/install-vmware-tools/* && cd /tmp/install-vmware-tools

wget https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/6.0.6/2684343/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux.zip.tar
tar -xvf com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux.zip.tar
unzip com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux.zip 

sudo umount /media/cdrom || true
sudo mount -o loop payload/linux.iso /media/cdrom/
tar -xvzf /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-9.6.6-2649738.tar.gz -C .

cd vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl --default

vmware-checkvm

modprobe vmhgfs
lsmod | grep vm
vmware-hgfsclient

mkdir -p /mnt/hgfs/
sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/

ls -l /mnt/hgfs/

echo "Finished. Enjoy your shared folders! :-)"