I'm having trouble running vmware client on my home linux ubuntu 14.6 lts system to log into work.
After quite some trouble I discovered I had to use the command line to install VMware-Horizon-Client-4.7.0-7395152.x64.bundle
Once this was done successfully, see log below, I did not see VMware horizon client appear anywhere on my "search computer".
joe@joeslinux:/$ cd usr/bin
joe@joeslinux:/usr/bin$ ls -al vm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31216 Nov 21 2016 vmstat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10680 Jul 6 2017 vmwarectrl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5998664 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-flash-projector
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-installer -> /usr/lib/vmware-installer-horizon/2.1.0/vmware-installer
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134894307 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-remotemks
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26049060 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-remotemks-container
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-usbarbitrator -> /usr/lib/vmware/view/usb/vmware-usbarbitrator
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5258 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-view
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6700 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-view-log-collector
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8296 Mar 26 19:12 vmware-view-usbdloader
which is the executable? the one I click on from the desktop to start a session to connect to my remote computer? Are there no step by step instructions? Or did I miss them?
joe@joeslinux:~/Downloads$ sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-4.7.0-7395152.x64.bundle
[sudo] password for joe:
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
You must accept the VMware Horizon Client End User License Agreement
to continue. Press Enter to proceed.
VMWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
...
Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes
Client Drive Redirection(The Client Drive Redirection component
enables folder redirection from your local computer to the remote
desktop.) [yes]: yes
Multimedia Redirection (MMR)(With multimedia redirection (MMR), the
multimedia stream is processed on the client system.) [yes]: yes
Smart Card(The Smart Card component enables Smart Card device
redirection from your local computer to the remote desktop.) [yes]: yes
Real-Time Audio-Video(The Real-Time Audio-Video component allows you
to use local computer's webcam or microphone on the remote desktop.)
[yes]: yes
VMware Horizon(R) Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business(VMware
Horizon(R) Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business enables Skype
for business on linux view client.) [yes]: yes
USB Redirection(The USB component enables USB device redirection from
your local computer to the remote desktop.) [yes]: yes
Virtual Printing(The Virtual Printing component allows you to use
local or network printers from a remote desktop without requiring that
additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop.) [yes]: yes
Seamless Window(The Seamless Window component enables seamless window
feature for RDSH applications.) [yes]: yes
The product is ready to be installed:
USB Redirection
Virtual Printing
Seamless Window
Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
Smart Card
VMware Horizon(R) Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
Real-Time Audio-Video
PCoIP
Horizon Client
Client Drive Redirection
Press Enter to begin installation or Ctrl-C to cancel.
Installing VMware Horizon Client 4.7.0
Configuring...
[######################################################################] 100%
Installation was successful.
Register and start installed services(s) after installation(Select
yes, the Installer will create necessary entries in your system
autostart or generate a launching script, so that the installed
service(s) can be ready before the Horizon Client starts)[yes/no]: yes
Do you want to check your system compatibilities for Horizon Client,
this Scan will NOT collect any of your data?[yes/no]: yes
Scanning libxml2.so.2
Please wait
[######################################################################] 100%
VMware Horizon Client Drive Redirection
Success
VMware Horizon Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
Failed libgstapp-0.10.so.0
Failed libgstbase-0.10.so.0
Failed libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
VMware Horizon Smart Card
Success
VMware Horizon Real-Time Audio-Video
Success
VMware Horizon(R) Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
Success
VMware Horizon PCoIP
Success
VMware Horizon USB Redirection
Success
VMware Horizon Virtual Printing
Success
VMware Horizon Seamless Window
Success
VMware Horizon Client
Success
joe@joeslinux:~/Downloads$
