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How to Install Appshare in Linux + known issues
DIGITAL SAMBA
Nick Van Rompaey (trainee)
Table of contents 1.
2.
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Installing the Appshare plugin......................................................................................... 2 1.1
Copy the .bin file ..................................................................................................... 2
1.2
Run the .bin file ....................................................................................................... 2
Running the Appshare Plugin ......................................................................................... 3 2.1
Log in to OnSync ..................................................................................................... 3
2.2
Create a new session .............................................................................................. 4
2.3
Log in to the meeting ............................................................................................... 5
2.4
Test the Appshare plugin - screensharing ............................................................... 6
2.5
Test the Appshare plugin – Remote control ............................................................. 7
Known Issues ................................................................................................................. 9
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1. Installing the Appshare plugin 1.1
Copy the .bin file
Copy the file OnSync_Application_Sharing_setup_378.bin to a location that you prefer.
1.2
Run the .bin file
Run the .bin file to start the installer of the Appshare Plugin and follow the instructions to install this plugin on your Linux machine. After choosing the language, you will get the possibility to choose a location where you want to install this plugin. The default location is /usr/local/OnSync_Application_Sharing.
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2. Running the Appshare Plugin To use the Appshare plugin in OnSync, you have to run it manually. The first thing to do is go to the location that you previously installed this plugin (default: “/usr/local/OnSync_Application_Sharing”). At that location, you need to run the executable (OnSync_Application_Sharing) manually. After the plugin has been started manually, it can be tested in OnSync.
2.1
Log in to OnSync
The first thing to do is surf to http://onsync.digitalsamba.com. On this page, you will see the following screen:
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After you are logged in to OnSync, you will be able to view the OnSync Account Center which is shown in the following screenshot.
2.2
Create a new session
To be able to test the Appshare plugin, first you need to create a new meeting. You can create a new meeting by pressing the New Meeting button that is located in the top bar of the OnSync Account Center. Clicking this button will guide you to the following screen.
In this screen, you need to fill the fields with data and check the Invite participants’ checkbox. This will make the following part of creating a new meeting available:
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In order to test the Appshare functionality, you need to have a host and a client; therefore, you need to invite at least one participant. Type in values for the First Name, Last Name and Email. Then select the role of the user and click the Add button.
2.3
Log in to the meeting
To login to the meeting as a host, you need to go back to the home screen of OnSync Account Center and in the tab Sessions click the link to join the meeting you created earlier.
After you have clicked the link, the meeting window will open. The meeting window will look like the window in the following screenshot.
When you created the new meeting, an email was sent to the client you invited. If in this email you click on the hyperlink, you will join this meeting.
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2.4
Test the Appshare plugin - screen sharing
When you have at least two participants in your meeting (a host and a client), you can test the Appshare plugin. By default only the host can share his screen so ensure that for testing, the host is running from a Linux machine and that you started the plugin manually. In the main screen, click the Share my Screen button.
When the submenu opens, click the button Entire Desktop. This will start sharing the screen of the host with the client. The host user will be notified that he is sharing his screen.
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2.5
Test the Appshare plugin – Remote control
To test the remote control functionality, the client must request the host to control his screen. Firstly, the host needs to give permission to the client that he is allowed to request control. You can give permissions to participants by clicking on the cogwheel that shows up when you hove over a participant’s picture. Clicking this cogwheel will open a new submenu as visible in the following screenshot.
In this submenu select Permissions; this will bring up the following popup window.
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In the popup window, click the Content Share tab and check the checkbox that says “Remote Control Other Screens”.
This will ensure that for the client, a new button is available where he can request the control of the screen of the host. This button is visible in the bottom right corner of the screensharing window.
Click the most right button (the hand with the pointing finger) In the host window, a new notification will be shown in the top-right corner of the screen.
Click Accept to allow the user to take over the screen.
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3. Known Issues -
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Sharing the screen is possible in Linux; there are no problems with this functionality. The Remote control functionality works, but the mouse does not move around on the host screen. This causes that the actions of the host and the user who is controlling the screen are mixed. When the user who is controlling the screen performs a click on a certain location, the host machine will register a click at the location it is currently stated (As you can read in the previous issue, the mouse does not move). At one point during testing, the user who was controlling the screen was disconnected. Afterwards, the host was not able to click anymore, though moving the mouse was possible.
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