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I want to install the Forticlient SSL VPN Client on Ubuntu 12.04.

I've downloaded the latest version from the Fortinent support site but when I try to run the installer (vía command line or GUI) it simply does nothing.

I have tried to install both with and without sudo but nothing happens.

I remember some time ago that I successfully installed the same client in CentOS and the client worked fine.

Can anyone help me to install this?

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  • Would you please provide the result of that command , e.g any error message ? try launch it in e.g gnome-terminal
    – daisy
    May 10, 2012 at 1:44
  • Unfortunately when i run the command in terminal i don't get any error message.
    – Juan
    May 10, 2012 at 2:36
  • answer given by cortex for ubuntu 14.04 worked!! Thanks cortex. Sep 5, 2014 at 6:55
  • On my Ubuntu 14.04, after install forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.4.2287.tar.gz I had to edit helper/sysconfig.linux.sh. To compute the ppp0 address, I had to replace the existing line with: addr=ifconfig ppp0 |grep "inet"|awk ' {print $3 }'
    – estibordo
    Nov 11, 2014 at 18:40

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You probably have the Ubuntu 64 bit version (at least it was my case). If so, just install the following package:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 xterm
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  • This does not work for me: E: Couldn't find package libgtk2.0-0:i386
    – Niels Bom
    May 25, 2012 at 9:23
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For those who are using 64bit ubuntu 14.04 (after clean install you have to install these packages)

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 xterm
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I have had it to work. However it wants you to accept a License Agreement which it will try to open in xterm. So make sure that xterm has been installed:

sudo apt-get install xterm
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install 32-bit libralies.

$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk

if you can run tunnel but traffic is not going through the tunnel.

You can try this note on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/%E5%B7%9D%E7%AB%AF-%E8%8B%B1%E6%8F%AE/gettin-to-use-forticlient-on-64-bit-linux-system-64-bit-linux-%E3%81%A7%EF%BD%86%EF%BD%8F%EF%BD%92%EF%BD%94%EF%BD%89%EF%BD%83%EF%BD%8C%EF%BD%89%EF%BD%85%EF%BD%8E%EF%BD%94%E3%82%92%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%96%B9/410366692372497

i get well on ubuntu 12.10(x64)

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  • Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Jun 2, 2013 at 9:09
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Executing sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 was still giving me errors when running 12.04.

After executing sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk FortiSSL is now running smoothly without any errors.

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I know this is a bit old question, but I was searching myself for the forti client and now they have a package that do not require the ia-32 libs. You can download it from here.

More info

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  • I am getting the following error "Dependency is not satisfiable libpango-1.0-0 (>=1.14.0)". I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. Any idea how to fix this?
    – Joswin K J
    Jan 6, 2016 at 9:09
  • Hi @JoswinKJ . Please create a question stating your problem, and give me the link here in a comment. Also please state from where you have downloaded the fortinet client.
    – Mihai
    Jan 6, 2016 at 10:04
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You could download the package (tar.gz format) from support.fortinet.com. Once you extract the files, open the folders forticlientsslvpn > 32bit or 64bit, run the executable file "forticlientsslvpn" to launch the GUI.

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Welcome Juan! Install openvpn first and try.To install it,type sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn in a terminal and reboot your system.I think this should solve your issue.

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    I've installed it but appears that openvpn client does not be compatible with Fortinet SSL VPN.
    – Juan
    May 10, 2012 at 2:38
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only CLI works under Ubuntu 13.10 because packages like libgtk2 or ia32-libs are not available anymore.

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  • Please see here and here
    – user224082
    Nov 17, 2013 at 11:01

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