Missing dependencies for PCoIP

Rocky Linux Help & Support
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Hi everyone,

Super new to Rocky Linux. Usually I’m on Linux Mint but now for work I need to use HP Anyware PCoIP to access the network. Tried installing on ubuntu/mint/fedora w/ no success.

Honestly Rocky Linux is the closest I got. And I’m enjoying the distro as well.

I’ve followed the steps laid out here: HP Anyware 25.03

But once I get to the install part sudo dnf install pcoip-agent-standard I get the following error/problem and I can’t seem to find a way around it.

Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job

  • nothing provides xorg-x11-drv-evdev needed by pcoip-agent-standard-25.03.3-1.el9.x86_64 from teradici-pcoip-agent

Any tips from people who actually use Rocky Linux and HP Anyware in production would be appreciated. I really don’t want to have to install windows back.

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Your package has el9 in the version string, so you’ll probably have better luck with Rocky 9.

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Did a quick search online but overall, how much would I be missing moving back to Rock 9? The idea is to use the workstation for daily work.

It seems not a LOT has changed so in theory should be as stable … until at least HP Anyware releases Rocky 10 support.

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My opinion is that you wouldn’t be missing too much as long as there’s not some new feature on 10 that you know you need or want. (Also, in my experience, commercial support for major RHEL family releases tends to take a while to start appearing.)

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Thanks Linde. My use is fairly basic. Several tabs/windows of Chrome open for spreadsheets left and right, slack, zoom, PCoIP to check/review QTs and such.

And sometimes DaVinci Resolve but that is alright to install. I do still have my windows gaming machine for some CS2 when I can. :slight_smile:

EDIT: But funnily enough, after a long day work I do feel W11 lagging which is why I’ve moved to Linux. Experience is totally different, rock (no pun intended) solid. I was on Mint but configuring PCoIP was a pain there so tried Rocky. Just didn´t realize I should have gone w/ 9. As a windows boy, I’m so used to always needed the latest version for security.

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One of the real good things you’ll get out of Rocky (and upstream RHEL and its other derivatives) is long term security updates and bug fixes – 9.x should be getting support for almost 7 more years and even 8.x has almost four years left.

The flip side of this is that Rocky (and family) aren’t the the place to be if you always want the latest available version of things. But it’s getting more common for desktop apps to come in containerized formats like flatpak which should make this less of an issue than it’s been in the past.

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Installed Rocky 9 but for some odd reason the system itself felt laggy. Rocky 10 didn’t have that issue.

Decided to test Mint again. PCoIP crashes everytime the system. Not sure what is happening.

So another plan … what is the best way to run a VM on Rocky Linux so I can install W11 just for the sh*t HP Anyware? :slight_smile:

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I just use KVM. You can install cockpit and use the web browser via cockpit to create VM’s, etc. Or if you have like I have, a KVM server, then on my Fedora machine I use virt-manager to connect to the KVM server if I want to use the console or whatever. But I also have cockpit installed on the KVM server if I want to use the web browser.

I’ve been using Windows in a KVM VM for years now for any of those apps I need Windows for.

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Thanks walker. I think that is the route I’ll take.

Installation of PCoIP was able to crash 3 different fresh installs of Linux (Mint, Pop, Zorin). And for some reason Rocky 9 on my system is a bit laggy while Rocky 10 is solid and fast.

So VM seems like the way to go. Trying to avoid W11 like the plague. Tired of M$. If it wasn’t for actually needing HP Anyware for work I don’t think I would ever use windows again.