How to Install Citrix ICA client (Xenapp) on Ubuntu netbook remix

[varspare]

*now tested on 10.4 - first tested on 8.10* Also tested against 10.04 LTS (standard Desktop release)

Hi all,

I did this originally some time ago now and documented it (force of habit), one of my colleagues suggested I post it up here for anyone who might need it.

This is a step-by-step guide to installing the Citrix ICA client on Ubuntu it has worked on 8.10 and 9.10 for me, and will hopefully save you a bit of time.

(quick note on formating- anything with a #(hash) should be typed on the command line and without the #(hash) character.)

Note: There is now a Debian (Ubuntu) package for the ICA client (linuxx86-11.100.158406.deb) which you may use instead of the package this guide is using linuxx86-11.100.158406.tar.gz, if you would prefer to use the .deb package then just ignore the steps for gzip and tar, although all other steps are still relevant.

How to install the citrix xenapp client on ubuntu

1. point your browser to the Citrix download site at
http://www.citrix.com/English/ss/dow...ost1349860#top

and download the tar.gz file, which should give you linuxx86-11.100.158406.tar.gz

2.point your browser to the security certificates at
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/comput...nux_client.htm
and download both;
thawte-server-ca.crt
and
ThawteRoot.crt

3. put all 3 of these files in ~/Downloads
i.e.
~/Dowloads/linuxx86-11.100.158406.tar.gz
~/Dowloads/thawte-server-ca.crt
~/Dowloads/ThawteRoot.crt

4. Open a terminal

5. using the terminal we will install Openmotif (at the time of writing version 3 is the latest available)
in the terminal type
#sudo apt-get install libmotif3

(I was able to omit this step (6.) on 9.10 but I'll leave it in for completeness)
6. with that done we need to create a new symbolic link so that the menu shortcut will launch.
again from the terminal
#sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.3.0.2 /usr/lib/libXm.so.4

7.Now back to our ~/Downloads folder
#cd ~/Downloads

8.We now need to unpack our Citrix client installer
gunzip will uncompress the file
#gunzip ./linuxx86-11.100.158406.tar.gz
and tar will remove the packaging
#tar xvf ./linuxx86-11.100.158406.tar

9.to install the Citrix client type we need to launch the installer
#sudo ./setupwfc

10. select option 1 to install the client

11. when prompted enter the location to install the client as;
/usr/lib/ICAClient

12. press y when prompted to agree to install the client

12. press 1 when prompted to accept the license conditions

13. otherwise accept the defaults

14. once the installation is complete exit the installer this will be from the options screen so select option 3 when ready.

15. now we need to setup the SSL certificates by copying them into the newly created directory if everything has gone to plan this should be /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/

#sudo cp ~/Downloads/thawte-server-ca.crt /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/thawte-server-ca.crt
#sudo cp ~/Downloads/ThawteRoot.crt /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/ThawteRoot.crt

16. The citrix client should now be working properly so point your web browser to your Citrix Access Gateway login and try it out.




Attached is a tar of all the files I used (except for the xenapp installer) with a copy of the instructions. To untar it run
#tar -xvf citrix_install_linux.tar

[nkle004]

Fantastic work, I am new and it really helped me figure out how to install Citrix.
I have one trouble here I am not able to execute step 5. I am getting some error saying motiff not found.
Do I need to do anything before running that step 5 ? I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and this is my installation. The first thing I did is to install Citrix because I can't leave without it I have to do work from home almost twice a week.

Thanks in advance for your help

[varspare]

Hi

glad to have helped you

one thing I've noticed is your error message;

I am not able to execute step 5. I am getting some error saying motiff not found.

I'm presuming slightly that it looks like this;
user@computer-name:~$ sudo apt-get install libmotiff3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package libmotiff3

could it be a typo there is only the one 'f'

if you copy the line (excluding the hash) and paste it into the terminals command line and execute it will ask for you're password then hunt through the repositories and then install the libmotif3 package.

unless you've already successfully installed it in which case it'll look like this;

user@computer-name:~$ sudo apt-get install libmotif3
[sudo] password for user:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libmotif3 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
user@computer-name:~$


Hope that helps

[inkhorn]

Thanks a bunch for this tutorial! I just started working for an organization that uses Citrix Xenapp for remote desktop administration. Now I can use all my work applications (all are Windows apps) on my Ubuntu machine at home

Cheers,
Inkhorn

[likerice]

Great tutorial.

The instructions continue to work without a hitch for lucid lynx (10.04).

Thank you!

[paulec]

Thanks great tutorial.

To add a couple of things.
I found I need to copy the files from /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ to /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/ so I could access my company system. A symbolic link may be a better solution. I haven't tried that one yet.

Also Citrix has a deb package available for the latest version icaclient_11.100_i386.patched.deb that make the whole process much easier.

Leck

[varspare]

Thanks to all of you for your helpful feedback,
particular thanks to Likerice- I've just completed testing on 10.04 myself and found no issues
Thank Paulec, I'll have a look into both your suggestions.

[nhovan]

so i got this to work on my 10.04 netbook remix and it works perfectly.
i am trying to put this on my laptop that is running the full 10.04 version and it just hangs.
i followed the instructions to a T and have everything in the proper folders. when i get into the citrix portion to kick off a RDP session to my windows desktop the Citrix Receiver doesnt kick off it just sits.
i cant consult work support because linux isnt supported.

can anyone help?

[Pan Sloboda]

Great job, I just switched from Vista to 10.04 and need Citrix working, and now it does!

Chris

[disgruntlednoob]

Hey, So I've followed your instructions and all seemed to be ok but when I went to open the launch.ica file from my companies website there was no program associated with the filetype. i tried using /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfica but nothing happened.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Note: please speak slowly and clearly - I am very new to linux!