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Anony_Moose_356
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NimbostratusF5 VPN Broken on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Heads up, the Ubuntu package for the F5 VPN is broken under the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
The dependencies are clearly wrong since there has been an ABI change between Qt5.5 (as advertised) and...
NickTurner_2185Nimbostratus
NimbostratusI've just stumbled upon this issue after a user reported Ubuntu 18.04 (officially released today) wasn't working.
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/related/relnote-supplement-bigip-13-0-1.htmlA710407-1 identifies that QT 5.10.1 has issues and the "workaround" is to "Install Qt version 5.9.0 or lower, and make it the default installation."
I've not looked on an Ubuntu installation itself but Google suggests Ubuntu 18.04 runs QT 5.9.1 (maybe 5.9.5) so it's a case of nearly but not quite :(
NickTurner_2185Nimbostratus
NimbostratusQuick update to say F5 released a new APM Client 2 days ago. I've just installed this and my Ubuntu 18 server was able to connect to the web based VPN (following an upgrade of the local package).
Release notes for the latest APM client: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_apm/releasenotes/related/relnote-desktop-client-7-1-7.html.