1 # Quick and dirty guide for compiling remmina on Debian 9
3 ****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).****
5 These are instructions for people or software developers who want to contribute to the latest version of Remmina on Debian 9 Stretch.
7 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.
9 You will also find the uninstall instructions at the bottom of this page.
12 * Initial write: May 1 2017.
14 You need to execute the following commands as root or as a user with sudo privileges (member of the sudo group).
16 **1.** Install all packages required to build freerdp and remmina:
17 Execute te following commands as root
19 sudo apt purge libssl-dev
21 sudo apt install build-essential git-core libssh-dev cmake libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev \
22 libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2-dev libcups2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev \
23 libxrandr-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
24 libxi-dev libavutil-dev libjson-glib-dev\
25 libavcodec-dev libxtst-dev libgtk-3-dev libgcrypt11-dev libpulse-dev \
26 libvte-2.91-dev libxkbfile-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev libjpeg-dev \
27 libgnutls28-dev libgnome-keyring-dev libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev libvncserver-dev \
28 libappindicator3-dev intltool libsecret-1-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsystemd-dev \
29 libsodium-dev libpcre2-dev
31 **2.** As root, remove freerdp-x11 package and all packages containing the string remmina in the package name.
33 sudo apt purge "remmina*" "libfreerdp*" "libwinpr*" "freerdp*"
36 **3.** Create a new directory for development in your home directory, and cd into it
41 **4.** Download the latest source code of FreeRDP from its master branch
43 git clone --branch 2.0.0 https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git
46 **5.** Configure FreeRDP for compilation (don't forget to include -DWITH_PULSE=ON)
48 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_SSE2=ON -DWITH_CUPS=on -DWITH_PULSE=on -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/freerdp .
50 Please note that the above line will make FreeRDP install in /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp
52 **6.** Compile FreeRDP and install
54 make && sudo make install
56 **7.** Make your system dynamic loader aware of the new libraries you installed. For Ubuntu x64:
58 echo /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp/lib | sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/freerdp_devel.conf > /dev/null
62 **8.** Create a symbolik link to the executable in /usr/local/bin
64 sudo ln -s /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp/bin/xfreerdp /usr/local/bin/
66 **9.** Test the new freerdp by connecting to a RDP host
68 xfreerdp +clipboard /sound:rate:44100,channel:2 /v:hostname /u:username
71 **10.** Now clone remmina repository to your devel dir:
74 git clone https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina.git
77 **11.** Configure Remmina for compilation
80 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/remmina -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/remmina_devel/freerdp --build=build .
82 **12.** Compile remmina and install it
84 make && sudo make install
86 **13.** Create a symbolik link to the the executable
88 sudo ln -s /opt/remmina_devel/remmina/bin/remmina /usr/local/bin/
94 Please note that icons and launcher files are not installed, so don't search for remmina using Unity Dash.
96 ## Uninstall everything
97 **1.** Remove the devel directory
99 rm -rf ~/remmina_devel/
101 **2.** Remove the binary directory
103 sudo rm -rf /opt/remmina_devel/
105 **3.** Cleanup symlinks and dynamic loader
107 sudo rm /etc/ld.so.conf.d/freerdp_devel.conf /usr/local/bin/remmina /usr/local/bin/xfreerdp