Using openconnect

Install openconenct

openconnect sslvpn.mcmaster.ca (try with sudo if it fails)

If nothing failed, you should be connected

Tested on Xubuntu and Debian (x86_64).

Download the VPN client for linux, *.tar.gz from https://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/network/vpn/

Download the VMWare Horizon client, *bundle from https://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients

cd to the location of both downloads

Install libudev1 and libpangox-1.0-dev and if it is not already installed

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libudev1 libpangox-1.0-dev

Extract the VPN client

$ tar xzf anyconnect-predeploy-linux-64-*.tar.gz    # file name may vary

cd into the extracted directory

$ cd anyconnect-*    # directory name may vary

cd into the vpn directory

Install the VPN

$ sudo ./install_vpn.sh

cd back to directory where the files were downloaded to

$ cd ../../

Install VMWare Horizon client

$ sudo bash VMware-Horizon-Client-*.x64.bundle    # file name may vary

Create a symlink [[notes 1]](#notes 1)

$ ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0

Connect to McMaster’s VPN using Cisco AnyConnect (executable’s location is /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnui). See UTS VPN page[[ref 3]](#ref 3) for more information about connecting to the VPN

Connect to virtual desktop using VMWare Horizon Client (executable’s location is /usr/local/bin/vmware-view). See CAS wiki page[[ref 1]](#ref 1) for more information about connecting to the virtual desktop

Notes

1. libudev.so.0 is required for the Horizon client, but it appears that it is no longer available in the main repositories. Instead, for the purposes of accessing the CAS Virtual Machines, symbolic linking libudev.so.1 to libudev.so.0 works. [[ref 2]](#ref 2)

References

1. CAS Virtual Desktop wiki page

2. Ask Ubuntu answer regarding libudev.so.0

3. McMaster UTS VPN page