Installing OpenFortiGUI on Ubuntu 18.04

If you're trying to use OpenFortiGui on Ubuntu 18.04, you might run into a problem with saving credentials in the gnome key ring. Here's how you get it installed successfully with everything working.

Installing OpenFortiGUI on Ubuntu 18.04

If you're trying to use OpenFortiGui on Ubuntu 18.04, you might run into  a problem with saving credentials in the gnome key ring. Here's how you get it installed successfully with everything working.

The GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/theinvisible/openfortigui

I'd suggest installing the apt repository as listed here: https://apt.iteas.at/

Note: As an alternative, you can just install the deb file by downloading it from here: https://hadler.me/linux/openfortigui/, but my instructions won't be covering that method.

Quickly open a bash session as root to run these next few commands.

sudo bash

Now install the security key for the PPA:

apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2FAB19E7CCB7F415

Now add the PPA to your list of sources:

echo "deb https://apt.iteas.at/iteas bionic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iteas.list

Now update your local repository list:

apt update

Don't forget to exit the root prompt:

exit

Now install OpenFortiGui and the missing Gnome keyring library:

sudo apt install openfortigui libgnome-keyring0

You should be good to go now. If you see this error message when running the Setup Wizard:

You probably didn't install the gnome keyring library listed above.

Enjoy!