I’ve had need to install the Crossloop Remote support agent into my Linux box, I’m running 64 Bit Ubuntu 10.10.10 for what it’s worth.
Requirements:
Wine must be installed
To install wine in ubuntu, click applications, Ubuntu software center, Install Wine
Download the CrossLoop setup for windows (This is easier to download from a windows computer)
Put the file in your downloads directory and make it executable.
Right click the setup program open it with the wine windows program loader.
run the installer ignoring errors.
The application will be in the applications, wine,programs.
control drag it to the desktop and drop it.
right click properties, permissions,allow excecution.
double click the icon and you’re in. You need to sign into the agent to be “logged in.
I’m running Mint 12, and I’m grateful for the info here – I’d written off CrossLoop as an option – I never expected Wine to cope with it.
Have you had any joy running the opposite setup – using Share from a Linux box?
This is only for the crossloop support side, not for sharing the desktop to your support person.
The best thing is to use open-ssh and then install the RDP client in linux.
then you can setup a vpn product like logmein hamachi on the linux box and ssh to it with 2 layers of security (or just one if you don’t want ssh)
RDP works better than the vnc client mint comes with.