Install Wine

To install wine on Linux:

• Follow the instructions found here

To Install wine on Mac:

• First install Homebrew (run this in Terminal):

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

• Then run this command to finish the setup:

brew doctor

• Once Homebrew is installed now wine can be installed:

brew install wine

**Note: If any errors occur, feel free to post comments and also look at this webpage for more help.

Download and Install vSphere Client

• Go to the ip address of the ESXi host. (EX: http://192.168.1.202/)

**Note: Ignore any security warnings that your browser might bring up.

• Download the vSphere client by clicking on the link. A .EXE file should start downloading.

• Run the installer (replace the directory path with the path to your .exe file):

wine ~/Downloads/VMware-client-all-*.exe

• Follow all the instructions in the installer.

• If you get a error because the .NET framework needs to be installed I will post about how to fix that later.

• MOST of the time, a error will appear saying the the hcmon driver failed to install. DO NOT CLICK CANCEL.

• Navigate to the /.wine directory, and temporarily move it to your desktop. (Finder - Go - Go to folder - ~/.wine)

• Now you can click cancel, the installer will say it failed to install, this is fine, close the installer.

• Now you can move your .wine folder back to its original place (/Users/[name]/.wine)

• The vSphere client should now be installed.

Run Client and Connect to Host

• In Terminal navigate to the folder where the client exe is located (not the installer):

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files"/VMware/Infrastructure/"Virtual Infrastructure Client"/Launcher/

• Then run the Client with this command:

wine VpxClient.exe

• If a screen opens up asking for a username and password then everything is working.

• In the Host Box, type the Host's IP address (the one that we used to download the installer).

• Then put in your username and password (default username is "root").

• If you are brought to a screen that asks about credentials and certificates, click Ignore.

• If all works, then the client should connect!

Create a Startup Script

• Open "Text Edit" on mac or "Geddit" on linux.

• Copy and paste the following code into the text document.

#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting vSphere Client"
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/VMware/Infrastructure/Virtual\ Infrastructure\ Client/Launcher/VpxClient.exe
echo "Stopping vSphere Client"
exit

• Make sure the text is formatted as plain text, on mac go to format - make plain text.

• Save the file as startclient.sh - Make sure there is no .txt extention.

• Open up terminal and navigate to the directory that the script is in. (EX: cd /Users/Desktop)

• Then type in this command to set permissions (Mac):

sudo chmod a+x startclient.sh

• Or if you are on Linux:

sudo chmod 775 startclient.sh

• Now to run the script you can do:

./startclient.sh    --OR--
sh startclient.sh

• From now on to run the program just run startclient.sh