Install NX Server on Raspberry Pi

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How to install NX server on Raspberry Pi

Prepare the build environment

You need the following packages to build NX server. Use apt-get to install them on your pi:

• xutils-dev
• expect
• xorg-dev
• libjpeg8-dev
• libpng12-dev

Command:

sudo apt-get install xutils-dev expect xorg-dev libjpeg8-dev libpng12-dev

Compiling NX components

NoMachine has released the component source here. There is also a official guide to compiling the components and it is a good source of information. The components you need to build the NX servers are (as of Sept 13/2012, you may see a different version, but component name won't change):

• nxproxy-3.5.0-1
• nxcomp-3.5.0-2
• nxcompext-3.5.0-1
• nxcompshad-3.5.0-2
• nx-X11-3.5.0-2
• nxauth-3.5.0-1
• nxagent-3.5.0-9
• nxscripts-3.5.0-1

You can SSH to your Pi and use "wget" to download the files.

Now you should have total 8 files:

pi@raspberrypi /work/nx $ ls -l
total 22180
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  1510400 Jul 12 16:40 nxagent-3.5.0-9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    30671 Jul 12 16:39 nxauth-3.5.0-1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi   532999 Jul 12 16:40 nxcomp-3.5.0-2.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    91725 Jul 12 16:40 nxcompext-3.5.0-1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    77293 Jul 12 16:39 nxcompshad-3.5.0-2.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    80194 Jul 12 16:39 nxproxy-3.5.0-1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    25664 Jul 12 16:39 nxscripts-3.5.0-1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 20345475 Jul 12 16:39 nx-X11-3.5.0-2.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi /work/nx $

Unpack all files (use "tar -xzvf <filename>" command), you should have the following directories (I moved gz files to a different directory):

pi@raspberrypi /work/nx $ ls -l
total 32
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 12288 Jun 15  2011 nxcomp
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi  4096 May  9  2011 nxcompext
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi  4096 May  9  2011 nxcompshad
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi pi  4096 May  9  2011 nxproxy
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi  4096 May  9  2011 nxscripts
drwxr-xr-x 10 pi pi  4096 Aug  5  2011 nx-X11
pi@raspberrypi /work/nx $

Now compile individual components, it may take a while, so go grab a cup of coffee and relax:

cd nxcomp
./configure
make

cd nxcompext
./configure
make

cd nxcompshad
./configure
make

cd nxproxy
./configure
make

cd nx-X11
make World

Compiling FreeNX Server

The FreeNX Server source can be downloaded from http://freenx.berlios.de/download.php. The last version is freenx-server-0.7.3. (updated in 2008). Unpack the source and patch it with the gentoo-nomachine.diff patch file that is also packaged in the source file:

pi@raspberrypi /work/nxserver/freenx-server-0.7.3 $ ls
AUTHORS                nxcheckload.sample  nxserver
ChangeLog              nxcups-gethost      nxserver-helper
CONTRIB                nxdesktop_helper    nxserver-suid
COPYING                nxdialog            nxserver-usermode
gentoo-nomachine.diff  nxkeygen            nx-session-launcher
init.d                 nxloadconfig        nxsetup
INSTALL                nxnode              nxshadowacl.sample
Makefile               nxnode-login        nxviewer_helper
node.conf.sample       nxprint             nxviewer-passwd
nxacl.sample           nxredir
pi@raspberrypi /work/nxserver/freenx-server-0.7.3 $ patch < gentoo-nomachine.diff
patching file nxloadconfig
pi@raspberrypi /work/nxserver/freenx-server-0.7.3 $

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