Chapter 3.  Installation
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Chapter 3.  Installation

Table of Contents

3.1. Overview
3.2. Server Requirements
3.2.1. ThinLinc System and Software Requirements
3.2.2. Windows RDP Server Requirements
3.2.3. Server Sizing
3.2.4. Supported Application Types
3.2.5. Supported Protocols
3.2.6. Supported Authentication Mechanisms
3.3. Preparing the Network for ThinLinc Installation
3.3.1. A Simple ThinLinc Setup
3.3.2. ThinLinc in a Novell Network
3.3.3. ThinLinc in a Windows Network
3.3.4. ThinLinc in a NAT/Split-DNS Environment
3.3.5. Using the Browser Clients
3.3.6. Other Services Required by ThinLinc Servers
3.4. Installing the ThinLinc Terminal Server
3.4.1. Starting the Installation Program
3.5. Upgrading an Old Installation
3.5.1. Acquire New Licenses
3.5.2. Run the Installation Program
3.5.3. Update Configuration Files
3.5.4. Run tl-setup
3.6. Platform Specific Notes
3.6.1. SELinux enabled distributions
3.6.2. AppArmor enabled distributions
3.6.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
3.6.4. All SUSE Linux variants, including SLES and SLED
3.6.5. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
3.6.6. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
3.6.7. Debian 3.1 and Ubuntu
3.6.8. Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
3.6.9. Sun Solaris
3.7. The ThinLinc WTS Tools Package
3.7.1. Overview
3.7.2. Installing the WTS Tools Package on Windows Terminal Servers
3.8. VirtualGL
3.8.1. Overview
3.8.2. Installation and configuration
3.8.3. Use with ThinLinc

3.1.  Overview

This chapter describes how to install the ThinLinc software on ThinLinc Linux Terminal Servers and MS Windows Terminal Servers. To upgrade an existing installation, see Section 3.5, “ Upgrading an Old Installation ”.

  1. If your setup includes a MS Windows Terminal Server, we suggest installing this machine first. In addition, install the WTS Tools package on the Windows server, following the instructions in Section 3.7, “ The ThinLinc WTS Tools Package ”.

  2. Install the ThinLinc Master machine, following the instructions in Section 3.4.1, “ Starting the Installation Program ”.

  3. Optionally, install the ThinLinc Slave machines.

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