Install Dependency Packages for Horizon Agent

Horizon Agent for Linux has some dependency packages unique to a Linux distribution. You must install these packages before installing Horizon Agent for Linux.

Prerequisites

Verify that a new virtual machine (VM) is created in vCenter Server and your Linux distribution is installed on the machine.

Procedure

♦ Install the mandatory packages that are not installed or upgraded by default. If any package does not meet the requirement, the installer breaks the installation.

Linux Distribution Packages

RHEL 7.x/8.x

Table 1. Mandatory Dependency Packages
Linux Distribution	Packages
RHEL 7.x/8.x	Install the libappindicator-gtk3 package. yum install libappindicator-gtk3 Note: If the `yum` command does not work, you can try the `dnf` package manager instead. dnf install libappindicator-gtk3
RHEL 9.x	Perform one of the following installations. To install the libappindicator-gtk3 package and also enable the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL), run the following commands. yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm yum install libappindicator-gtk3 To install the libappindicator-gtk3 package without enabling EPEL, run the commands shown in the following example. Note: The package version numbers shown in the following example might differ from the actual versions provided at https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/. Where applicable, replace the example version numbers with the actual version numbers. yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libdbusmenu-16.04.0-19.el9.x86_64.rpm yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-19.el9.x86_64.rpm yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-22.el9.x86_64.rpm yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-33.el9.x86_64.rpm
Debian	apt-get install -y gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Install the libappindicator-gtk3 package.

yum install libappindicator-gtk3

Note: If the yum command does not work, you can try the dnf package manager instead.

dnf install libappindicator-gtk3

RHEL 9.x

Perform one of the following installations.

To install the libappindicator-gtk3 package and also enable the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL), run the following commands.
```
yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
yum install libappindicator-gtk3
```

To install the libappindicator-gtk3 package without enabling EPEL, run the commands shown in the following example.

Note: The package version numbers shown in the following example might differ from the actual versions provided at https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/. Where applicable, replace the example version numbers with the actual version numbers.

yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libdbusmenu-16.04.0-19.el9.x86_64.rpm
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-19.el9.x86_64.rpm
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-22.el9.x86_64.rpm
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/x86_64/Packages/l/libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-33.el9.x86_64.rpm

Debian

apt-get install -y gnome-shell-extension-appindicator