Installation and Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- System Requirements and Installation
- System Requirements for Linux Client Systems
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
- Requirements for the Session Collaboration Feature
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Installation Options
- Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Configuration Files
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Specific Keys and Key Combinations to Send to the Local System
- Using FreeRDP for RDP Connections
- Enabling FIPS Compatible Mode
- Configuring the PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Managing Remote Desktop and Published Application Connections
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Linux System
- Feature Support Matrix for Linux
- Internationalization
- Keyboards and Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using the Session Collaboration Feature
- Using the Seamless Window Feature
- Saving Documents in a Published Application
- Set Printing Preferences for a Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop
- Copying and Pasting Text
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Configuring USB Redirection on the Client
To use this feature, you must set up your Web page and the client devices. Client systems must meet
certain software requirements:
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This feature is supported for PCoIP only. This feature is not supported on ARM processors.
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Client systems must have IP connectivity to the Adobe Web server that hosts the ShockWave File
(SWF) that initiates the multicast or unicast streaming. If needed, configure your firewall to open the
appropriate ports to allow client devices to access this server.
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Client systems must have the appropriate Flash plug-in installed.
a Install the libexpat.so.1 file, or verify that this file is already installed.
Ensure that the file is installed in the /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib directory.
b Install the libflashplayer.so file, or verify that this file is already installed.
Ensure that the file is installed in the appropriate Flash plug-in directory for your Linux operating
system.
c Install the wget program, or verify that the program file is already installed.
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libffi.so.5 is required on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 distributions to make Flash URL redirection
work, but Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 distributions only have libffi.so.6 by default. You can work
around this limitation by making a symbolic link between libffi.so.6 and libffi.so.5.
For a list of the remote desktop requirements for Flash URL redirection, and for instructions about how to
configure a Web page to provide a multicast or unicast stream, see the Horizon documentation.
Requirements for Using Skype for Business with
Horizon Client
An end user can run Skype for Business inside a virtual desktop without negatively affecting the virtual
infrastructure and overloading the network. All media processing takes place on the client machine,
instead of in the virtual desktop, during Skype audio and video calls.
To use this feature, you must install the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business feature on the
client machine during the Horizon Client for Linux installation. For information, see Installation Options .
A Horizon administrator must also install the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business feature
on the virtual desktop during Horizon Agent installation. For information about installing Horizon Agent,
see the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 document.
For complete requirements, see "Configure Skype for Business" in the Configuring Remote Desktop
Features in Horizon 7 document.
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