Run vmware horizon client on Debian

Instructions for installing VMware horizon client on Debian Linux (AMD64) and booting from firefox. Maybe it's only for our company. A way to connect from Linux to a Windows remote desktop.

Install VMware horizon

1. In a web browser, go to https://my.vmware.com/jp/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon_clients/4_0 (version is likely to change).
2. Click the [Download] button at 64 bit linux on the displayed page to jump to the download page.
3. Download.
4. Become root with / bin / su-.
5. Check echo $ PATH for / sbin and / usr / sbin in your PATH. Without this, an error will occur during installation.
6. Navigate to the downloaded directory and run a file named VMware-Horizon-Client-5.3.0-15208949.x64.bundle with sh.
7. Answer yes to the question.
8. Look at the latest vmware-installer-*. log files in /tmp/vmware-root with less.
9. Make sure there are no serious errors.
10. Make sure that / usr / bin / vmware-view exists and that library files and directories are created in / usr / lib / vmware.
11. Depending on the environment, it may be better to log out and re-enter.

Launch from firefox

1. Open the internal Workspace One page with firefox.
2. After authentication, display the icon to open the desktop.
3. Click the icon.
4. Maybe it won't start up, so bring up the firefox settings screen.
5. In the program, if "File type" is vmware-view and "Handling method" is "Check every time", click "Check every time".
6. You should be able to select the file, so specify / usr / bin / vmware-view.
7. It may be better to restart firefox once.
8. Open Workspace One again and click the icon to launch it.

Use a smart card

1. Install the software in debian with apt install pcscd and it works. Other, gnome-keyring-pkcs11 libpkcs11-helper1 opensc-pkcs11 I put it in, but it may not matter.