Citrix Workspace setup on Fedora Silverblue

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Hi All,

I would like to change from Fedora Workstation to Silverblue because it’s more innovative but before it I have a problem to solve with Citrix Workspace which is needed for my daily work.

For setting up Citrix Workspace I tried to follow the following instructions:
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/how-to-install-citrix-workspace-on-fedora-33/69337

I downloaded Citrix Workspace as an RPM package from the official Citrix webside and installed it with the rpm-ostree command but the certificates should be also added and rehashed. The problem is that while on the traditional Fedora Workstation the needed folders take place under /opt/Citrix/ICAClient, in Silverblue it is just a link and it takes place under the /usr folder which is read-only thanks to the immutability of Silverblue so I can’t add and rehash the certificates there.

Did any of you face such an issue and know how to solve it?

Many thanks,
Abel

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I too face this problem and I’m eager to see if others have discovered a solution.

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Generating an rpm file from the certificates helped but it’s not an easy solution.

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I use this script to install a local RPM into a toolbox container.

#!/bin/bash

NAME=citrix

# Create container

echo -e "\n## Create $NAME container\n"
toolbox rm --force $NAME || true
toolbox create $NAME
RUN="toolbox run --container $NAME"

# Install additional applications required by Citrix Workspace

echo -e "\n## Install $NAME tools and applications\n"

APPLICATIONS=(libsecret \
              gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free \
              gstreamer1-plugins-good \
              gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free \
              gstreamer1-vaapi \
              gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 \
              openh264
              libcxx)
echo "### Installing applications:"
for app in ${APPLICATIONS[@]}; do
  echo -e "\n--- Installing $app ---\n";
  $RUN sudo dnf install -y $app;
  echo -e "\n--- $app installed ---\n";
done

# Install Citrix Workspace from RPM (in same directory as this script)

echo -e "\n## Install Citrix Workspace into $NAME\n"

$RUN sudo dnf install -y $PWD/ICAClient-rhel-21.12.0.18-0.x86_64.rpm

# Create the Desktop entry for opening *.ica files.

echo -e "\n## Create Citrix Workspace desktop entry\n"

echo -e "\
[Desktop Entry] \n\
GenericName=Citrix Workspace \n\
Name=Citrix Workspace \n\
Exec=toolbox run --container $NAME /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/wfica -geometry 1600x900 %f \n\
StartupNotify=true \n\
Icon=$PWD/citrix.png \n\
Type=Application \n\
Terminal=false \n\
Categories=Office;Internet" \
> ~/.local/share/applications/wfica.desktop

# Exit after installation

echo -e "\n## Completed installation of:\n"
for app in ${APPLICATIONS[@]}; do
  echo "--- $app";
done

My issue is that I can’t get the sound to work but not sure if this is related to installing in a container or “just because”.

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I think the easiest is to replace the /opt/Citrix/ICAClient symlink with an actual copy of what it points to.

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So, this works for me swimingly on Kinoite except that I cannot start the app from the .desktop menu item.

I can do a toolbox run --containter=citrix /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/wfica <filename> after trying to launch a session from my CAG, and that works just fine. But CAG isn’t detecting that its installed.\

Any suggestions?

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Thank you Jack! This helped me to launch Citrix on Fedora 40 Kinoite!

I changed the first line here below and added one more to expose the application icon for the desktop:

$RUN sudo dnf install -y $PWD/ICAClient-rhel-*.x86_64.rpm

$RUN cp /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/icons/receiver.png $PWD/citrix.png

To configure extra drives, I use: toolbox run --container citrix /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/configmgr -icaroot /opt/Citrix/ICAClient .

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I haven’t used this toolbox for over a year now so not the best person to ask. Looks like @rriemann has the answer though in the following post. Hope the helps and glad the original (and revised) script was useful!