[HLUG] Vmware

[Tim Spivey]

Ah, a little light bedtime reading!

Thanks once again Julian.

I searched the software centre thoroughly I thought.

Tim
On 21 Jun 2015 10:13 pm, "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tim
>
> The detailed Instructions all 68 pages (!), are here
> https://www.vmware.com/pdf/horizon-view/horizon-client-linux-document.pdf
>
> it also confusingly mentions that the horizon client which I think you're
> running is available from the Ubuntu Software centre, so if you're running
> Mint, you can probably find it in Mints repos anyway.
>
> If you install from there , it will probably work much easier than a
> generic package. According to the notes there is a cmd line and a GUI
> version too.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Julian
>
> On 21 June 2015 at 19:54, Tim Spivey <tim.spivey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > More help required!
> >
> > I downloaded the new Vmware viewer from
> >
> >
> https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VIEWCLIENTS_LINUX_34&productId=421&rPId=8149
> > and installed it (chmod the +x then executing it from a terminal). It all
> > seemed to go ok and I got a message saying that it was installed. The
> > problem is that it doesn't appear in any menu. I am running Linux Mint
> 17.
> > Can anyone help me locate the viewer? I tried repeating the install
> process
> > to see if I missed any instructions etc but I just got a message telling
> me
> > it was already installed. I didn't use the package manager as Vmware
> seems
> > to not figure in there.
> >
> > I use (or will use) the viewer to connect to the virtual desktops at work
> > should I need to do so.
> >
> > TIA (thanks in advance)
> >
> > Tim
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