Hi there,
i'm very new to Gnome distros and very new to solus os. I need to install citrix workspace app for work - it ran flawless on other linux distros but it doesn't offer an installer for gnome based distros.
Is there a way to install it on solus OS?
https://www.citrix.com/de-de/downloads/workspace-app/linux/workspace-app-for-linux-latest.html
Thank you!
kilianv3
You cannot install deb- or rpm packaged programs on Solus. It has its own package system. But you can install the tarball (tar.gz). Downlaod, unzip it into some folder. Open a terminal in that folder and run the installation script.
Unfortunately, Citrix app does not provide the certifactes you need to get it work. Read this tutorial.
HTH
Kibu
There are some posts on the forums about Citrix, like here
I'm not 100% sure if you're talking about the same program though.
Also, Solus isn't a "gnome based distro". It's simply an independent distro, not based on anything, with its own package format (eopkg for Solus, instead of e.g. deb for Debian-based distros).
*.tar.gz files do not always require installation. Sometimes they're simply portable static builds, one type of universal packaging method. If the *.tar.gz file is a portable static build, then extracting it creates a folder containing everything needed to run the program. You'll need to locate the executable and create a menu entry using the path to the executable and the executable name to run the program. Alternately, you usually can run the program from the command line using <path-to-executable>executable name.
To determine what the *.tar.gz file contains, after downloading right-click on it and open it with Archive Manager. It may take a few seconds for the contents of the *.tar.gz file to appear. If all that appears is a named folder, then it probably is a static portable build.
downhill
yep, but the Citrix app has an installer -> /opt/Citrix/ICAClient...
Kibu
