Description
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.
Scope
FortiClient.
Solution
- Ensure FortiClient is downloaded through the Fortinet Support Portal, support.fortinet.com.
Steps:
After logging in to support.fortinet.com, navigate here:
At the top of the webpage, select Support -> Firmware Download -> Select Product: FortiClient -> Download.
- From here, it is possible to navigate to the desired FortiClient version by selecting the folders; for example FortiClient 7.0.6 for Ubuntu.
- Select the Windows folder -> v7.00 -> 7.0 -> 7.0.6. Image File Path should look like this: / FortiClient/ Linux/ v7.00/ 7.0/ 7.0.6/.
- Select the filename forticlient_7.0.6.0214_amd64.deb or forticlient_vpn_7.0.6.0214_amd64.deb and select HTTPS at the right-side to start the download.
- x86 for 32-bit OS and amd64 for 64-bit OS.
- Download the latest version available on the Fortinet Support Portal. At the time of this article's writing, the latest version available is 7.0.4 and 7.0.6.
The latest version on the Fortinet products download page is only 7.0.0.
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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.
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If there are any existing installations of FortiClient, uninstall them. Do so using this command:
sudo apt-get remove forticlient
- To install the newly downloaded FortiClient version:
# sudo dpkg -i <forticlient file name.deb>
# sudo apt install -f
- To launch the newly installed FortiClient GUI, type this in the terminal and hit Enter:
# 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.
- Download additional packages on packages.debian.org. Download for libappindicator1 and libindicator7.
:~/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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