How to install ThinLinc Server on Linux Mint

ThinLinc
#1

I’m trying to install the ThinLinc server software on my Linux Mint laptop but I am getting the following errors:

Error: PyGTK not found.
PyGTK is required for ThinLinc’s graphical installer.
To install PyGTK, please run this command:
sudo apt install python-gtk2
Would you like to run this command now?
Alternatively, run this program from a terminal without the
DISPLAY environment variable set to get the text mode fallback.

I then try to install pygtk and then get this error:

E: Unable to locate package python-gtk2
Installation failed. Please report this issue to ThinLinc support.
Visit Support | ThinLinc by Cendio for information on how to contact us.
Press Enter to close this terminal…

If I try to run it from the terminal I still get the same errors. I have spent hours trying to figure this out but have been unsuccessful so far. How do I run the program from the terminal without the display environment variable set or how else can I get this to install?

#2

Hello @JumboJoe

Yes we’re aware of this problem with Linux Mint (Ubuntu) and PyGTK,
see Ubuntu® and Debian® | ThinLinc by Cendio. " No profile chooser on Ubuntu 20.04"

There’s also a link[1] to our bugzilla from the Platform Specific Notes there with some additional info and suggestion on how one might get it to work with thirdparty ppa.

Best Regards,
Martin
[1] 7508 – No PyGTK on Ubuntu 20.04

#3

Thanks for responding, I managed to get thinlinc to install with some help from someone on a linux mint forum.

I still can’t get it to work though, now it gets to the point where I type my password to login, everything appears to be working but then thinlinc just closes/crashes without any errors

#4

Hello @JumboJoe

I’d recommend that you investigate this further in available logfiles,
https://www.cendio.com/resources/docs/tag/troubleshoot.html

I’d suggest /var/opt/thinlinc/sessions/your_username/last/xinit.log
and also on your client log
https://www.cendio.com/resources/docs/tag/client_logfile_placement.html

Best Regards,
Martin

#5

You could try my ansible playbook, that prepares some operating systems to be able to install ThinLinc Server.
If you can’t use ansible, you can look in the files:

  • vars/main.yml
  • tasks/pre_debian_ulyssa.yml
    which extra packages needs to be installed.

I have tried it on ubuntu-20-10-standard (groovy) container and Linux Mint 20.1 (ulyssa) virtual machine.

Be warned! This playbook installs old pyhton2 packages from an ubuntu repo.

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