# Quick and dirty guide for compiling remmina on Debian 9

****NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER REQUIRED, [REMMINA IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM DEBIAN BACKPORTS](https://www.remmina.org/wp/debian-the-boys-are-backport-in-town).****

These are instructions for people or software developers who want to contribute to the latest version of Remmina on Debian 9 Stretch.

By following these instructions, you will get Remmina and FreeRDP compiled under the /opt/remmina_devel/ subdir, so they will not mess up your system too much. This is ideal for testing remmina.

You will also find the uninstall instructions at the bottom of this page.

**Changelog**
* Initial write: May 1 2017.

You need to execute the following commands as root or as a user with sudo privileges (member of the sudo group).

**1.** Install all packages required to build freerdp and remmina:
Execute te following commands as root
```
sudo apt purge libssl-dev

sudo apt install build-essential git-core libssh-dev cmake libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev \
  libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2-dev libcups2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev \
  libxrandr-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
  libxi-dev libavutil-dev libjson-glib-dev\
  libavcodec-dev libxtst-dev libgtk-3-dev libgcrypt11-dev  libpulse-dev \
  libvte-2.91-dev libxkbfile-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev libjpeg-dev \
  libgnutls28-dev libgnome-keyring-dev libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev libvncserver-dev \
  libappindicator3-dev intltool libsecret-1-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsystemd-dev \
  libsodium-dev
```
**2.** As root, remove freerdp-x11 package and all packages containing the string remmina in the package name.
```
 sudo apt purge "remmina*" "libfreerdp*" "libwinpr*" "freerdp*"
```

**3.** Create a new directory for development in your home directory, and cd into it
```
mkdir ~/remmina_devel
cd ~/remmina_devel
```
**4.** Download the latest source code of FreeRDP from its master branch
```
git clone --branch 2.0.0 https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git
cd FreeRDP
```
**5.** Configure FreeRDP for compilation (don't forget to include -DWITH_PULSE=ON)
```
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_SSE2=ON -DWITH_CUPS=on -DWITH_PULSE=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/freerdp .
```
Please note that the above line will make FreeRDP install in /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp

**6.** Compile FreeRDP and install
```
make && sudo make install
```
**7.** Make your system dynamic loader aware of the new libraries you installed. For Ubuntu x64:
```
echo /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp/lib | sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/freerdp_devel.conf > /dev/null
sudo ldconfig
```

**8.** Create a symbolik link to the executable in /usr/local/bin
```
sudo ln -s /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp/bin/xfreerdp /usr/local/bin/
```
**9.** Test the new freerdp by connecting to a RDP host
```
xfreerdp +clipboard /sound:rate:44100,channel:2 /v:hostname /u:username
```

**10.** Now clone remmina repository to your devel dir:
```
cd ~/remmina_devel
git clone https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina.git
```

**11.** Configure Remmina for compilation
```
cd Remmina
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/remmina -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/freerdp --build=build .
```
**12.** Compile remmina and install it
```
make && sudo make install
```
**13.** Create a symbolik link to the the executable
```
sudo ln -s /opt/remmina_devel/remmina/bin/remmina /usr/local/bin/
```
**14.** Run remmina
```
remmina
```
Please note that icons and launcher files are not installed, so don't search for remmina using Unity Dash.

## Uninstall everything
**1.** Remove the devel directory
```
rm -rf ~/remmina_devel/
```
**2.** Remove the binary directory
```
sudo rm -rf /opt/remmina_devel/
```
**3.** Cleanup symlinks and dynamic loader
```
sudo rm /etc/ld.so.conf.d/freerdp_devel.conf /usr/local/bin/remmina /usr/local/bin/xfreerdp
sudo ldconfig
```