Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client
v1.3.1
Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks. Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface. Currently RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP and SSH are supported.
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These are the instructions for people who want to test the latest version of Remmina on Arch linux
You will obtain Remmina compiled under the /opt/remmina_devel/ subdir, so it 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
You must be root to follow this guide.
1. Update your system
and reboot if needed.
Install packages needed to compile FreeRDP and Remmina:
2. Remove installed versions of remmina and freerdp
3. Create a new directory for development in your home directory, and cd into it
4. Download the latest source code of FreeRDP from its master branch
5. Configure FreeRDP for compilation (don't forget to include -DWITH_PULSE=ON)
Please note that the above line will make FreeRDP install in /opt/remmina_devel/freerdp
6. Compile FreeRDP and install
7. Make your system dynamic loader aware of the new libraries you installed. For Arch x64:
Please note: on arch 64 bit systems, the above lib directory could be different (/opt/remmina_devel/freerdp/lib64
)
8. Link executable in /usr/local/bin
9. Test the new freerdp by connecting to a RDP host
10. Now clone remmina repository, to your devel dir:
11. Configure Remmina for compilation
12. Compile remmina and install it
13. Link the executable
14. Run remmina
NOTES for execution:
1. Remove the devel directory
2. Remove the binary directory and the symlink