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Apr 15, 2019

F5 SSL VPN on unsupported Linux distribution (Arch Linux, Manjaro, maybe others)

Tested on Arch and Manjaro + Firefox/Chrome as a browser. Please test this on your own risk.

1) After logging in to your F5 SSL VPN via web browser, you should be presented with a screen like this:

2) Download the .deb package

3) Extract the content of the package with your favorite tool. With KDE Ark it looks like this:

4) Extract the data.tar.gz and copy it to the proper location. In case of Arch/Manjaro it's just copying the content to the / (root of your Linux filesystem):

tar -zxvf linux_f5vpn.x86_64/data.tar.gz
(root access needed)
cp -vr opt/ /

 Extract control.tar.gz:
tar -zxvf linux_f5vpn.x86_64/control.tar.gz

 Run the postinst script, requires root
sh postinst

And you are all set! Now the plugin works just fine. Uninstalling should be done just by deleting files in /opt/f5/ and uninstalling the icons (if you are pedantic).

Please let me know if you have better instructions for this or I made a mistake somewhere. Thanks.

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