Installation and First Run

System requirements

Requirements	Details
Operating system:	Linux with V4L2 and libjpeg libraries installed.
Hardware requirements:	Any V4L2 compatible webcam.
Remote desktop clients:	FreeRDP, Amazon WorkSpaces client, Amazon DCV client, Citrix Workspace app, Omnissa (VMware) Horizon client, HP Anyware PCoIP Client.

Downloading packages

To install Webcam 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.webcam-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 ./ftwebcam-*.deb

Alternatively, you can use dpkg:

$ sudo dpkg -i ftplugins-*.deb ftwebcam-*.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 ftwebcam-*.tar.gz -C /opt

Automated setup

To run the automated setup script your OS must have systemd, which most modern Linux distributions include.

Run the setup script with -i or --install option and it will do the rest:

$ sudo /opt/ftwebcam/bin/ftwebcam-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/ftwebcam/sbin/ftwebcamd -d

or:

$ su -c "/opt/ftwebcam/sbin/ftwebcamd -d"

Now you can use webcams in remote desktop session. To see the list of all supported options, run:

$ /opt/ftwebcam/sbin/ftwebcamd -h