2X App Server Client on 64-bit Ubuntu

      by Wyatt Walter

Today I got to replace my aging Ubuntu desktop with a new machine. We’ve been using 2X for some time to run Windows apps on our Macs and I was pumped a few months ago to figure out that they had packaged a new version of their client for Ubuntu (well, Debian but it works on Ubuntu).

When I got up and running, I went to install the 2X client again:
wyatt@host:~$ sudo dpkg --install 2XClient.deb
[sudo] password for walterw:
dpkg: error processing 2XClient.deb (--install):
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
Errors were encountered while processing:
2XClient.deb

Wrong architecture. Dang.

Not to worry! 2X also distributes the binaries in a tarball so, using the 32-bit libraries, one can just run the binaries.

First, download the tarball. You can download it using your browser from their downloads page, or from the terminal via:
wget http://www.2x.com/downloads/AppServer-LoadBalancer/2XClient.tar.bz2

Untar it:
tar jxf 2XClient.tar.bz2

Copy the contents to /opt:
sudo cp opt/2X /opt/

Install the ia32libs:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

You can then create a launcher within the Gnome menu or whatever desktop manager you want.

To create the launcher, the command to start the client is:
/opt/2X/Client/bin/2XClient

Create 2X Client Launcher

Create 2X Client Launcher

That’s it! The 2X client should launch and run beautifully.

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