Check out my instructions on how to add a VMwareTools repo offered by VMware itself and get VMwareTools using a simple:

apt-get install vmware-tools

:)
http://breakablelinux.blogspot.com/2009/06/installing-vmwaretools-in-deb...
BTW, thanks a better list of dependencies and for showing me to use 'uname -r' inline. Forgot about that. ;) Thanks!