Installation and First Run
System requirements
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| Operating system: | Linux with libusb-1.0 and libudev1 libraries installed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardware requirements: | Compatible biometric scanner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remote desktop clients: | FreeRDP, Amazon WorkSpaces client, Amazon DCV client, Citrix Workspace app, Omnissa Horizon Client, HP Anyware PCoIP Client. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supported Biometric Scanners: | Supported Biometric Scanners
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Downloading packages
To install Biometrics for Remote Desktop (Linux version) Workstation, download two packages (FT Plugins package and product installation package) corresponding to your OS and architecture:
- For Debian-based Linux distributions (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, Mint), download .deb packages.
- For other Linux distributions, select .tar.gz archives.
The latest program version is available at www.biometrics-for-remote-desktop.com.
Installing from .deb Package
Simply install both downloaded packages with your preferred package manager or from the terminal by executing the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install ./ftplugins-*.deb ./ftbio-*.debAlternatively, you can use dpkg:
$ sudo dpkg -i ftplugins-*.deb ftbio-*.deb
If installed separately, FT Plugins must be installed first, otherwise the product installation may fail due to missing dependencies.
Installing from .tar.gz archive
Unpack archives to the /opt:
$ sudo tar -zxf ftplugins-*.tar.gz -C /opt $ sudo tar -zxf ftbio-*.tar.gz -C /opt
Automated setup
To run the automated setup script your OS must have systemd, which most modern Linux distributions include. Also, packages libusb-1.0 and libudev1 must be installed.
Run the setup script with -i or --install option and it will do the rest:
$ sudo /opt/ftbio/bin/ftbio-setup.sh -i
Manual setup
Alternatively, you can start the daemon manually. In some distributions of Linux you need administrator rights for correct daemon functioning. You must run it as a root:
$ sudo /opt/ftbio/sbin/ftbiod
or:
$ su -c "/opt/ftbio/sbin/ftbiod"
Now you can use biometric and fingerprint scanners in remote desktop session. To see the list of all supported options, run:
$ /opt/ftbio/sbin/ftbiod -h