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Which version of VMware horizon client works in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

I have tried latest version 5.4.1 and getting the following message, 

sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-5.4.1-15988340.x64.bundle 
[sudo] password for balu: 
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Unable to load gtk: No module named gtk, falling back to console.
You must accept the VMware Horizon Client End User License Agreement
to continue.  Press Enter to proceed.

after installing VMware horizon client, I have tried to add server and hit enter after that VMWare horizon client window is closing. There after i didn't get any response.

N0rbert
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ssbalu
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  • it worked today perfectly.....the bad thing is...i'm not sure about the fix. i will list the changes which i did in my Ubuntu 20.04 below before and after cases 1. Installed Google Chrome Browser-Before installing Chrome:When i run VMWare horizon and trying to addserver details and hit enter VMWare horizon application vanished away. After installing Chrome - When i try addserver and hit enter its redirecting and opening Chrome browser from there i got a prompt to open Horizon Client i will attach screen shot 2. Today there was a system update from Ubuntu-This might help – ssbalu May 15 '20 at 11:53

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For me, installing intel-media-driver-non-free was the solution (at least on ubuntu 20.10). Disabling h.264 in the VMware Blast options also worked, but resulted in terrible image quality.

hoelk
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    Disabling h.264 solved it also for me! – membersound Feb 10 '21 at 12:41
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    Thanks! I had the same problem with VMware Horizon Client 5.5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 and replacing intel-media-va-driver with intel-media-va-driver-non-free solved it for me. – Arjen Apr 15 '21 at 06:59
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The Ubuntu 20.04 contains libffi.so.7. The missing libffi.so.6 fails launching the vmware client.

I made a symlink to solve this issue:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu $ ln -s libffi.so.7 libffi.so.6
naan
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  • after upgrading to ubuntu 20.04 VMware horizon client stopped working. Creating the symlink solved the issue! Thanks! – Mat D. Aug 07 '20 at 16:45
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You need to have python2 for VMware horizon client to work: 

sudo apt install python

Reinstall VMware horizon client if it is still not working.

Eliah Kagan
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Uday Singh
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  1. Visit this VMware website link, and select the download button: https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=CART21FQ2_LIN64_800&productId=1027&rPId=48990#product_downloads

  2. The file to download is: VMware-Horizon-Client-2006-8.0.0-16522670.x64.bundle. Open the terminal, change directories with cd to the folder where the file was downloaded (e.g. cd /home/$USER/Download and run:

    sudo sh ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle
karel
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Marcos Costa Junior
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