Created on
07-11-2022
01:24 AM
Edited on
12-31-2024
03:59 PM
By
MZBZ
This article describes how to install FortiClient on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Upon installation, it is not possible to open FortiClient GUI upon installation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS but it may work fine through the CLI.
FortiClient.
Steps:
After logging in to support.fortinet.com, navigate here:
At the top of the webpage, select Support -> Firmware Download -> Select Product: FortiClient -> Download.
The latest version on the Fortinet products download page is only 7.0.0.
Download the file with the .deb extension.
Installing FortiClient v7.0.13 will require an additional package, or an error will be encountered.
Open the Ubuntu terminal and ensure that it is in the path where the file is downloaded.
If there are any existing installations of FortiClient, uninstall them. Do so using this command:
sudo apt-get remove forticlient
# sudo dpkg -i <forticlient file name.deb>
# sudo apt install -f
# forticlient gui
Installing FortiClient v7.0.13 will require additional steps:
:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i forticlient_7.0.13.0376_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package forticlient.
(Reading database ... 184494 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack forticlient_7.0.13.0376_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking forticlient (7.0.13.0376) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of forticlient:
forticlient depends on libappindicator1 (>> 0) | libayatana-appindicator1 (>> 0); however:
Package libappindicator1 is not installed.
Package libayatana-appindicator1 is not installed.
forticlient depends on libgconf-2-4 (>> 0); however:
Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed.
forticlient depends on libnss3-tools (>= 3.21); however:
Package libnss3-tools is not installed.
:~/Downloads$ ls
forticlient_7.0.13.0376_amd64.deb libappindicator1_0.4.92-7_amd64.deb libindicator7_0.5.0-4_amd64.deb
:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(Reading database ... 186047 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack forticlient_7.0.13.0376_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking forticlient (7.0.13.0376) over (7.0.13.0376) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libappindicator1:amd64.
Preparing to unpack libappindicator1_0.4.92-7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libappindicator1:amd64 (0.4.92-7) ...
Preparing to unpack libindicator7_0.5.0-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libindicator7:amd64 (0.5.0-4) over (0.5.0-4) ...
.........
Errors were encountered while processing:
forticlient
libappindicator1:amd64
libindicator7:amd64
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