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The Citrix client allows you to use Windows tools on Linux and OSX (even from home!). Visit the link at https://citrix.fb.wur.nl/ and login with
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The Citrix client allows you to use Windows tools (Medewerker button, MS Office) on Linux and OSX (even from home!).  
your WUR account. Next install the free ICA client from [[http://www.citrix.com/clients][Citrix]]. When you click on an icon in
 
the browser, the application should fire up.
 
  
= Linux =
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It is now officially depreciated and will be phased out come April 1st, 2017.
  
== Debian ==
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The WUR Citrix site lives at https://citrix.wur.nl/ , you can login with your WUR account.
  
Select the Debian package (.deb extension) from the Citrix site. Download it and, for example
 
  
  sudo dpkg -i icaclient_12.0.0_i386.deb
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= Installation of clients =
  
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== Debian/Ubuntu ==
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(Copied mainly from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo)
  
Now the certificates may not be found, resulting in a 'Addtrust External CA Root' not allowed (61) error. Copy the Mozilla
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There are '''serious''' issues running the 64 bit version of the Citrix ICA client, so modern 64 bit systems will need to do the following step:
certificates in place with
 
  
  dpkg -L icaclient  # check locations
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    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
  sudo cp -vau /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/* /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts
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    sudo apt-get update
  
Now it should just work (tm).
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Find the current version of the client from Citrix: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/linux/
  
= OSX =
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Then:
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    sudo dpkg -i icaclient-*.deb
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This should install the Citrix ICAClient into /opt/Citrix/ICAClient on your machine.
  
Install the [http://www.citrix.com/clients Citrix receiver] from the Citrix website.
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Fix dependency breaks (sometimes):
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    sudo apt-get -f install
  
Then start the browser, visit the link above and ... that is all. It even works from home!
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For Firefox:
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Citrix complains a lot about certificates, so make sure to include all Mozilla certs
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    sudo ln -s /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/* /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/
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    sudo c_rehash /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/
  
= Using Citrix Applications @WUR =
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Firefox needs to have the Citrix version of mpica.so installed, so remove all the originals and insert a symlink to the Citrix version:
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    sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.npica.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.npica.so
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    sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npica.so
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    sudo ln -s /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/npica.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npica.so
  
== Medewerker button ==
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Because Firefox has this issue of never showing the activation window, you'll need to enable the plugin permanently to get it to work at all. Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins, and set "Citrix Receiver for Linux" to "Always Activate".
  
The Medewerker button shortcut can be found in
 
  
  'W://APPS/MyData/Medewerker button HRM'
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== OSX ==
  
It is somewhere in the folder!
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Install the [http://www.citrix.com/clients Citrix receiver] from the Citrix website.
  
Start Citrix. In the library64 go to Desktop Library,
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Then start the browser, visit the citrix site mentioned above and ... that is all. It even works from home!
  
this will open a windows 7 desktop. It may also be found in
 
  
  M-drive -> menu -> WUR
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= Using Citrix Applications @WUR =
 
 
Here you will find a link to the Medewerkers button
 
 
 
For PSG use
 
 
 
  Start -> Computer -> M-drive -> \\dfs-root\Apps\MyData
 
  
Where you will find a link to the button(!)
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The new Citrix Desktop means that all applications are now found on the left hand side under the plus symbol. Clicking on one there will add it to your dashboard, where it will stay for easy access. Applications can be started from the dashboard.
  
Here is a screenshot of how it looks :
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== Known Issues ==
  
[[File:Mw button.png|alt="Medewerker button screenshot"|Medewerker button screenshot]]
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* Printing currently doesn't function properly
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* MS Office applications are slow

Latest revision as of 13:05, 27 February 2017

The Citrix client allows you to use Windows tools (Medewerker button, MS Office) on Linux and OSX (even from home!).

It is now officially depreciated and will be phased out come April 1st, 2017.

The WUR Citrix site lives at https://citrix.wur.nl/ , you can login with your WUR account.


Installation of clients

Debian/Ubuntu

(Copied mainly from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo)

There are serious issues running the 64 bit version of the Citrix ICA client, so modern 64 bit systems will need to do the following step:

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   sudo apt-get update

Find the current version of the client from Citrix: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/linux/

Then:

   sudo dpkg -i icaclient-*.deb

This should install the Citrix ICAClient into /opt/Citrix/ICAClient on your machine.

Fix dependency breaks (sometimes):

   sudo apt-get -f install

For Firefox: Citrix complains a lot about certificates, so make sure to include all Mozilla certs

   sudo ln -s /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/* /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/
   sudo c_rehash /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/

Firefox needs to have the Citrix version of mpica.so installed, so remove all the originals and insert a symlink to the Citrix version:

   sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.npica.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.npica.so
   sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npica.so
   sudo ln -s /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/npica.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npica.so

Because Firefox has this issue of never showing the activation window, you'll need to enable the plugin permanently to get it to work at all. Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins, and set "Citrix Receiver for Linux" to "Always Activate".


OSX

Install the Citrix receiver from the Citrix website.

Then start the browser, visit the citrix site mentioned above and ... that is all. It even works from home!


Using Citrix Applications @WUR

The new Citrix Desktop means that all applications are now found on the left hand side under the plus symbol. Clicking on one there will add it to your dashboard, where it will stay for easy access. Applications can be started from the dashboard.

Known Issues

  • Printing currently doesn't function properly
  • MS Office applications are slow