Get Citrix XenDesktop to Work on Linux

I had some difficulty figuring out how to get Citrix XenDesktop to work properly on Linux.

I was having the same problem I had had on Windows — when I would try to access XenDesktop, the browser would try to download launch.ica instead of running it.

Citrix Receiver

However, on other operating systems, I had always downloaded the Citrix Online Plug-in to fix the problem. For some reason, the Citrix Online Plug-in is not available for Linux. However, the Citrix Receiver is available for Linux, and seems to do the same thing.

After installing Citrix Receiver, your browser will ask for your permission to run it.

Open Motif

You may need to install Open Motif before you can install Citrix Receiver.

If so, download Open Motif, extract it, and follow the directions in INSTALL.configure, namely:

cd
./configure
make check
make install
make clean

Security Certificate

If you try to log on to your virtual desktop and get an error about "AddTrust External CA Root", you can just do

sudo cp /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/*.* /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/

References

• http://www.jorink.nl/2010/11/you-have-not-chosen-to-trust-addtrust-external-ca-root-the-issuer-of-the-servers-security-certificate/