How to Install Interactive Agent in Linux

How to Install Interactive Agent in Linux

Steps to Install Time Champ V3 Interactive Version in Linux System.



Step 1: Log in to your Time Champ account using your credentials.




Step 2: To install the application, click on “Download Agent.”




Step 3: Select the operating system of your computer.



Step 4: Choose the installation type:



  • To install yourself – Select this option if you want to install the application on your own system.

  • To install for employees – Select this option if you want to install the application on your employees’ systems.

    Notes
    The installation file for employees can be shared to the user's system after downloading it from your system.

Step 5 (Linux> To Install for Employees):

Select the type of installation — Interactive.


In the interactive version, employees can see the tracker running on their systems directly and can pause or continue the time on tracker

Step 6: Choose the mode of installation:


  • Manual – You need to share the username and password with employees to log in to the application.

  • Automatic – No credentials are required. The user account will be created automatically based on the system’s logged-in username.

  • Warning
    Please ensure that the User system profile names are unique.

Step 7: Accept the condition to Install.

  • Check the box “I understand all the above” after reading the important note carefully and click on “Download.”





Warning
Do not change the filename otherwise the installation will encounter issues and ensure the required paths are excluded from antivirus.

Step 8: Unzip the Time Champ file

  1. You will see a ZIP file in your Downloads folder.

    WarningNote: Do not change the filename and keep the file in the Downloads folder only and ensure there are no duplicate files with similar names.

  2. Unzip the TimeChamp.zip file.

Open the Time Champ folder. Inside, you will find two files:

License.txt

timechamp-linux_64bit-setup.bash

Step 9: Open the terminal

Open a Terminal window from the same TimeChamp folder path.



Step 10: Run the installation command

Run the following commands to install the application:

chmod 777 timechamp-linux_64bit-setup.bash ./timechamp-linux_64bit-setup.bash


Step 11: Verify installation

To ensure that the tracker is running successfully:

  • Open System Monitor and confirm that the tracker process is active.

  • Log in to your Time Champ Admin Dashboard and verify that the user (based on the system username) appears as Online.







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