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VMWare Horizon Client 4.3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04
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VMWare Horizon 4.3 On Ubuntu 16.04 | |
Prepare the client workstation | |
Update all installed packages | |
sudo apt-get update | |
sudo apt-get upgrade -y | |
(or sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y) | |
Find package containing a file: dpkg [-S | --search] *filename* | |
Find out if package is installed: apt-cache policy pkgname* | |
Need the following packages/libraries | |
RDesktop v1.7.0 | |
sudo apt-get install rdesktop | |
Need these libraries | |
libudev0; we will try "ln -s /usr/share/doc/libudev.so.1 /usr/share/doc/libudev.so.0" | |
on Kali: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ | |
libXsso.so.1; present as libXss.so.1 (typo in Oracle docs) | |
libexpat.so.1; present | |
Xinerama; present as libxinerama1 package | |
Realtime audio/video (not supported in RDP sessions; we won't use this) | |
Need the following if desired | |
Video4Linux2 | |
libv4l | |
Pulse Audio | |
plugin file /usr/lib/pcoip/vchan_plugins/libviewMMDevRedir.so depends on | |
libuuid.so.1 | |
libv4l2.so.0 | |
libspeex.so.1 | |
libudev0 | |
libtheoradec.so.1 | |
libtheoraenc.so.1 | |
libv4lconvert.so.0 | |
libjpeg.so.8 | |
Multimedia redirection (MMR) (we won't use this, either) | |
GStreamer core library and gstreamer-ffmpeg 0.10 | |
or | |
GStreamer core library and fluendo 0.10 | |
Flash URL Redirection (supported on on PCoIP) (we won't use this, either) | |
Must have flash plugin | |
libexpat.so.1 in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib | |
libflashplayer.so | |
wget | |
libffi.so.5 (Ubuntu 14.04 default is libffi.so.6) | |
Download from VMWare the client | |
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon_clients/4_0 | |
VMware Horizon client for 64-bit Linux | |
or | |
wget https://download3.vmware.com/software/view/viewclients/CART16Q4/VMware-Horizon-Client-4.3.0-4710754.x64.bundle | |
It will be in your Downloads folder (Ctrl-Alt-T for terminal; cd Downloads) | |
chmod 0744 VM* | |
sudo ./VM<Tab> {auto tab completion is great!} | |
Smart Card: no | |
Real-Time Audio-Video: no | |
Client Drive Redirection: no | |
Multimedia Redirection: no | |
USB Redirection: no | |
Virtual Printing: yes | |
Register and Start Services: yes | |
Check system compatibility: yes | |
VMware Horizon PCoIP | |
Failed libffi.so.5 | |
(fix with "sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.5") | |
VMware Horizon Virtual Printing | |
Success | |
VMware Horizon Client | |
Failed libudev.so.0 | |
(fix with "sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0") | |
Note: on Kali, test fails on libpng12-0 and repo no longer has it. Need to get from: | |
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u3_amd64.deb | |
dpkg -i file; apt-get -f install | |
vmware-view & (that ampersand backgrounds the task) | |
Add a server (your remote server goes here) | |
Authenticate | |
Life is good. |
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