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Installing the Client

To launch a virtual machine from Olive, you must install the VMNetX client software on your computer.

Select your operating system:

Android 4.1 or above
Install VMNetX
  1. Install the VMNetX app from Google Play.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely, just tap the button anywhere on the Olive website.

Source code for the Android app and its dependencies is available. You can also obtain the app's source code directly from its Git repository.

Debian
Select your Debian version:
Install VMNetX
  1. As root, execute wget -qO- https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/vmnetx.asc | apt-key add -. This will add the VMNetX signing key to Apt.
  2. As root, execute apt-get install apt-transport-https to enable package downloads over HTTPS.
  3. Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: 
    deb https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/  main
deb-src https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/  main
    This will configure your system to receive software from the VMNetX repository.
  4. As root, execute apt-get update && apt-get install vmnetx.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine, just click anywhere on the Olive website. Or, click to launch the virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely.

Fedora
Install VMNetX
  1. Install the VMNetX release RPM. This will configure your system to receive software from the VMNetX repository.
  2. As root, execute yum install vmnetx.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine, just click anywhere on the Olive website. Or, click to launch the virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux or compatible (CentOS, Scientific Linux)
Select your Enterprise Linux version:
Install VMNetX
You must be using a 64-bit operating system.
  1. If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ensure the Optional repository is enabled. You can verify this by running yum repolist '*optional*' as root.
  2. Enable Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux by installing its release RPM.
  3. Install the VMNetX release RPM. This will configure your system to receive software from the VMNetX repository.
  4. As root, execute yum install vmnetx.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine, just click anywhere on the Olive website. Or, click to launch the virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely.

Ubuntu
Select your Ubuntu version:
Install VMNetX
  1. Execute wget -qO- https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/vmnetx.asc | sudo apt-key add -. This will add the VMNetX signing key to Apt.
  2. Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: 
    deb https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/  main
deb-src https://olivearchive.org/vmnetx/  main
    This will configure your system to receive software from the VMNetX repository.
  3. Execute sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vmnetx.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine, just click anywhere on the Olive website. Or, click to launch the virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely.

Windows 7 or above
Install VMNetX
  1. Download and run the VMNetX installer.
  2. Follow the prompts to install VMNetX.

You're all set! To launch a virtual machine on our servers and interact with it remotely, just click the button anywhere on the Olive website.

Source code to the Windows build is available.

Or, install from source
Install VMNetX

You can install from the latest source release, or, if you're feeling adventurous, directly from the Git repository. See the README for installation instructions.