Hello, how are you?
Note: Sorry for my English, I'm not very good and I had to use a translator
After a system update I had problems when trying to use the application.
Downgrading libxml is no longer viable, as some programs may stop working.
Another detail, this time you not only need the libxml 2.11.5-1 package, you must also use the glib2 2.78.0-3 and icu 73.2-2 packages. However, it is dangerous to Downgrade these packages on the system.
I read the link indicated by @FromSi and seeing the solution I decided to make some adaptations and tests and the way I did everything went well, now it's working.
One note, the topic states that you must modify the vpnagentd.service file but it is not necessary, just modify the script located in /usr/bin.
Here is the procedure done for cisco-annyconect 4:
1) Configuring the libraries, without "dirtying" the application:
mkdir -p ~/build/cisco-lib_other
cd ~/build/cisco-lib_other
wget -c https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
wget -c https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/g/glib2/glib2-2.78.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
wget -c https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/i/icu/icu-73.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
tar --use-compress-program=unzstd -xvf libxml2-2.11.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst usr/lib
tar --use-compress-program=unzstd -xvf glib2-2.78.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst usr/lib
tar --use-compress-program=unzstd -xvf icu-73.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst usr/lib
sudo mkdir -p /opt/cisco/lib_other
sudo cp -av usr/lib/lib* /opt/cisco/lib_other
2) Configuring the cisco-anyconnect script:
sudo cp -a /usr/bin/cisco-anyconnect /usr/bin/cisco-anyconnect_or
sudo sed -i "/export/s/lib/lib:\/opt\/cisco\/lib_other/" /usr/bin/cisco-anyconnect
The script will look like this:
#!/usr/bin/bash
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/cisco/anyconnect/lib:/opt/cisco/lib_other:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
cd /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin
./vpnui
In order to test, I also forked the @ariel.miculas repository and updated it to version 5.1.1.42-1.
This version, you must configure the cisco-secureclient script. The procedure goes like this:
sudo cp -a /usr/bin/cisco-secureclient /usr/bin/cisco-secureclient_or
sudo sed -i "/export/s/lib/lib:\/opt\/cisco\/lib_other/" /usr/bin/cisco-secureclient
One observation that occurred in my tests with cisco anyconnect, when trying to connect, I got the following error:
cisco anyconnect you are missing the required libraries
The solution is to install the webkit2gtk package. It should be configured in depends instead of optdepends:
sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk
Now one last detail, my Profiles work normally in Cisco Anyconnect 4, but I was unable to make them appear in the list of connections in Cisco Secureclient 5.
If anyone has any solution, I would be grateful
EDIT:
Looking on a search site, I found a link with the solution to the list of connections for Cisco Secureclient 5 that I had mentioned.
In this version, you MUST create a directory named "profile" in ../vpn and add your "profile.xml" inside this directory.
You can also use the existing profile directory as a link. I tested both ways and both worked.
sudo mkdir -p /opt/cisco/secureclient/vpn/profile
sudo cp -av ~/myprofile.xml /opt/cisco/secureclient/vpn/profile
Pinned Comments
labaman commented on 2023-02-28 17:14 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I don't have access to a version newer than 4.10.06079 yet. If there is someone who can help with the update package - please let me know - I'll add to the co-maintainers.
K900 commented on 2019-04-03 13:02 (UTC)
As the comment in the PKGBUILD says (you've read it, right? ;) ), Cisco does not provide public downloads for this, so you have to obtain the installer yourself either through your own Cisco account or through your company's.