ICA Client (wfica): Citrix (Receiver) incomplete and not well integrated into Ubuntu Software Center
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Bug Description
High expectations are raised by the press release at http://
However, there are no hits for Citrix or ICA in the Ubuntu Software Center (except advertisements to purchase magazine articles), and user experience is as follows:
"Installing Citrix in Linux is always a hazzle." in: Install Citrix Receiver on Ubuntu 12.04 http://
Ubuntu 12.04 - Citrix Receiver Not Working http://
Citrix ICA Client 12 on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit https:/
This is in part due to the unfortunate fact that broken packages to replace the "Receiver for Linux" 12.0 with 12.1 seem to have been available at first, coinciding with the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS launch.
However, as revealed at http://
It is thus left to each user to figure out that what they need is the "Receiver for Linux (12.1 Release Date: 4/23/2012) x86 client - requires OpenMotif v.2.3.1" (where the 64-bit version has the same small-print x86 designation) from http://
What OpenMotif, Debian and the 32/64-bit architectures are is unlikely to be on the mind of average users trying to "just" make a freshly installed OS remotely access their corporate (virtual) machines.
A far cry from getting a meaningful entry on the Ubuntu Launcher (wfica with a question mark icon at best), the user having found the courage to install the above (for the right arch at that) ends up with a bunch of .DLL (!) files in /opt/Citrix/
In short, no package can be specified on the bug (a very valid one nonetheless) because there SHOULD BE one in Precise Pangolin, since "working closely with the Citrix and VMware guys to make that available" according to Steve George, VP of Communications and Products at Canonical, as quoted by Versitek above, ought to result in a simple way (through the standard interface) for users to retrieve and install these packages advertised as a particular highlight of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
In your own words at http://
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