Installing CITRIX -- Error in extracting

Razorm · 01-27-2008, 11:07 AM

I found a helpful "how to" here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo

My question is when it says to download and then extract, Kubuntu defaults to using Ark to open, and then when I get to this command:

Quote:

sudo tar xvfz en.linuxx86.tar.gz

I get this error:

Quote:

tar: en.linuxx86.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

The above .tar file is in my "home/myname" directory, so I modified the instruction as follows:

Quote:

sudo tar xvfz /home/myname/en.linuxx86.tar.gz

Still no luck. So when I click on the download link to get the .tar file from CITRIX, how should I extract/open it once downloaded? Should I not use ARK? Anyone shed some light on what I am missing? Thx.

thebouv · 01-27-2008, 11:47 AM

Your tar command should end with f, not z:

tar zxvf en.linuxx86.tar.gz

filename should be after the f

Razorm · 01-27-2008, 12:19 PM

Still no luck.

When I open/extract a file with Ark, how can I run set-up scripts? There is no option to "run in terminal"??

okos · 01-27-2008, 02:51 PM

Try this:
make sure you are not in root.

Code:

cd ~
ls -l

What does it say?
Do you have the file in your home directory?
Who owns the file?
Make sure you are the owner.
If you are not then,

Code:

sudo chown <yourself> <filename.tar.gz>

Secondly, try downloading it again.
Maybe the file is corrupt.

Thirdly if you own the file, and have kde you can extract the file using Konqueror and probably ARK though I have not used it. Then open a terminal

Code:

cd <file location>
for example
cd /home/myself/file.1.0

Then read the README/INSTALL instructions.

Razorm · 01-27-2008, 08:08 PM

When I type "ls -l" I get:

Quote:

drwx------ 4 jxxxx jxxxx 4096 2008-01-27 14:15 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 3 jxxxx jxxxx 4096 2008-01-27 14:15 en.linuxx86.tar-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 users 4096 2008-01-27 13:34 install_flash_player_9_linux
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3036127 2007-11-29 16:23 install_flash_player_9_ linux.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 jxxxx jxxxx 184880 2007-12-17 17:38 uninstall_flash_player.exe

thebouv · 01-28-2008, 07:37 AM

Your file is named en.linuxx86.tar-1 then, not what you said originally.

This probably has to do with ARK. I guess it un-gzipped the tar file.

Try this: tar xvf en.linuxx86.tar-1

Tell us what happens.

okos · 01-29-2008, 04:25 PM

Try what thebouv said.

I have not seen "tar-1" but I am not an expert either.

If that does not work perhaps try,

Code:

mv en.linuxx86.tar-1 en.linuxx86.tar

then

tar -xvf en.linuxx86.tar

The mv command means move or rename a file. Perhaps tar does not recognize "tar-1" ? By changing the name and remove the -1 perhaps tar will recognize the file

Also, there is a d at the front indicating a directory.
drwxr-xr-x 3 jxxxx jxxxx 4096 2008-01-27 14:15 en.linuxx86.tar-1

If it is already an extracted directory try

Code:

cd en.linuxx86.tar.

okos · 01-29-2008, 04:33 PM

I went to citirx and all of the down loadable clients have tar.gz.
I would download from here
http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/dow...D=3323&pID=186

then extract again
tar -zxvf en.linuxx86.tar.gz

regards
okos