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Sepideh Abadpour
Asked: 2018-09-05 04:56:42 +0800 CST

How to install Cisco-AnyConnect-64bit.tar.gz?

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I've read the question How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file? But it is said that after extracting, I should have files like install, install.txt or README.

Make sure you read a file called INSTALL, INSTALL.txt, README, or something similar if one was extracted. You can check if such a file exists from the terminal by using the ls command. The file can be opened and read with the command:
xdg-open INSTALL
Where INSTALL is the name of your file. This file will contain the right steps to follow to continue the installation process.

But there's not such file. 7 of the files which contain the word install in their name, have the extension .sh. The file acinstallhelper is in type of a program. There's no file named README

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2 Answers

  1. Well, those are generic instruction for a generic .tgz package.

    I found a quite simple guide here on how to specifically install Cisco AnyConnet on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

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  2. Cisco AnyConnect How To - Linux

    1. Download the .gz install archive from https://anyconnect.springernature.com to the desktop anyconnect-linux64-4.9.01095-predeploy-k9.tar.gz

    2. Extract the archive to the desktop in the following folder anyconnect-linux64- 4.8.03052-predeploy-k9.tar.gz

    3. Open a terminal window and navigate to the extracted folder in the terminal — for example, cd ~/Desktop/ anyconnect-linux64-4.9.0.1095/vpn

      Type sudo ./vpn_install.sh

      And cd ~/Desktop/ anyconnect-linux64-4.9.0.1095/posture

      Type sudo ./posture_install.sh When prompted enter your root password. Agree to the license agreement. The installation should now start and walk you through the setups.

    4. In some Linux version you might need to install libgtk2.0-0

    5. After installation if you can’t start AnyConnect client you need to reboot your Linux. After successful installation Start Cisco AnnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and type vpn.springernature.com in the line “Ready to connect“ (pic. 1) and click Connect. Then choose “SpringerNature” from the dropdown menu (pic.2) and log on using your AD credentials. After a successful log on all connection entries will be downloaded automatically. Next time when you want to log on choose SpringerNature-Int or other VPN Connection entries depending on where you are located.

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