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When I launch VMWare Horizon Client from the Ubuntu sidebar (or the search) the icon flashes multiple times.

But no window is showing up!

When I use terminal and run vmware-view everything works fine!

I downloaded the linux (64bit) Setup here and ran it using sudo bash VMware-Horizon-Client-4.1.0-3976982.x64.bundle

I am using a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 and have installed all updates (using apt-get dist-upgrade -y).

Is there an easy way to fix this?

feedc0de
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  • I don't know the application, but it will have installed a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications. Could you look into the file and see what the command in the (first) Exec= is, run it in a terminal window and see what the output is? – Jacob Vlijm Aug 10 '16 at 18:18
  • I can't find a .desktop for the application. How can I found out where the .desktop file is when it is pinned to the taskbar? Please read my update above! – feedc0de Aug 10 '16 at 18:48
  • I assumed the application was installed globally, but if not, please look in ~/.local/share/applications. Not sure if the issue with tv is connected. – Jacob Vlijm Aug 10 '16 at 18:50
  • You were right. The shortcut runs /usr/lib/vmware/view/bin/vmware-view. which vmware-view tells me another path: /usr/bin/vmware-view. I will update the path in the shortcut, right? – feedc0de Aug 10 '16 at 18:53
  • Uhm, I don't see a difference? Anyway, since the application is in $PATH, no path is needed to use in the .desktop file. – Jacob Vlijm Aug 10 '16 at 18:54
  • Ah sorry, I copied the wrong lines from terminal... I fixed my last comment. After changing the paths (to the one from which) it works. The other executable path is missing some libraries. Windows always showed a message box when libraries were missing. I miss that feature in ubuntu! – feedc0de Aug 10 '16 at 18:58
  • Just vmware-view should also do. Not sure why the installer used an incorrect line though. – Jacob Vlijm Aug 10 '16 at 19:00

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