Citrix Receiver on Ubuntu

I have been using Gentoo for about 9 years now.  Although I still prefer its flexibility, I wanted to have a more stable desktop environment.  That is why I decided to install Ubuntu on my new laptop and desktop.  I still use Gentoo on my servers.  I always assumed that Ubuntu had better stability and had a better install procedure than Gentoo.  I have found that this is true for 99% of programs.  When you run into that one program you need, then the frustration begins.

I job uses Citrix Receiver to allow us to connect remotely.  It is not an obscure program.  I had been using the version in the portage tree for years.  There is even an Android version that I used once on my Nexus 7.  I was disturbed to find out that it wasn't available on Gentoo.  I started googling around and everywhere talked about how complicated it was to install it on a 64-bit Ubuntu install.

It turns out the problem is Citrix Receiver depends on an old 32-bit-only version of Motif.  This means there is no 64-bit version of the product.  Gentoo seems to handle installing 32-bit apps on a 64-bit system (at least in this case).  I tried using various online instructions to install the app on my laptop.  After messing around for a period of time, I have up.  As sad as it sounds, I decided to use Windows.  I don't actually dual-boot Windows on my laptop.  I have a VM server that has multiple Windows installs.  I used remote desktop to connect to one of the Windows VMs and connected to work from there.  It is a hack.  It is really ugly.  It works.