Configuring Citrix Workspace on Arch Linux

Download the Workspace app for Linux from the Citrix download page.

Install some prerequisite packages to ensure the GUI works properly¹:

sudo pacman -Syu webkit2gtk gtk2

Assuming the Workspace app archive was downloaded to ~/Downloads, extract the archive and proceed with the installation as follows²:

mkdir ~/Downloads/Citrix
mv linuxx*.tar.gz ~/Downloads/Citrix/
cd ~/Downloads/Citrix
tar xzvf linuxx*.tar.gz
./setupwfc

Set the ICAROOT environment variable in ~/.zshrc or equivalent²:

echo '
# Citrix Workspace - ICAClient
export ICAROOT=~/ICAClient/linuxx64/' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Then, configure the certificates (this may be system-dependent)^{3 4}:

mkdir -p $ICAROOT/keystore/cacerts/
cd $ICAROOT/keystore/cacerts/
cp /etc/ca-certificates/extracted/tls-ca-bundle.pem .
awk 'BEGIN {c=0;} /BEGIN CERT/{c++} { print > "cert." c ".pem"}' < tls-ca-bundle.pem
openssl rehash $ICAROOT/keystore/cacerts/
$ICAROOT/util/ctx_rehash

The configuration is complete and virtual desktops can now be launched by opening ICA files with Citrix Workspace Engine.

The installation files can be safely deleted at this point:

rm -r ~/Downloads/Citrix

To reinstall or uninstall the application², run the setup script as follows:

$ICAROOT/setupwfc

Footnotes

1. System requirements and compatibility - Citrix Workspace app for Linux - Product documentation ↩

2. Install, Uninstall, and Update - Citrix Workspace app for Linux - Product documentation ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. TLS/SSL Certificates - Citrix - ArchWiki ↩

4. Citrix receiver ssl connection couldn’t be established - Ask Ubuntu ↩