1. Do a clean uninstall of any previous versions for a clean installation.
2. VMware Workstation 14 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
3. Open Terminal and run the following command:
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
4. Download the file from VMware's website
5. from terminal cd to the location where you saved the downloaded file. Run the following command to make the package executable:
chmod a+x VMware-Workstation*
6. Execute the Installer from the command line:
sudo ./VMware-Workstation*
Create your location/path for the shared VM's. I made mine /opt/vmware/shared instead of the default
Done.