Install NX Server on Raspberry Pi
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Contents
What is Raspberry Pi
Why you need NX server
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
Before you use apt-get, try to run update command first, otherwise you may encounter some 404 not found errors.
sudo apt-get update
Command:
sudo apt-get install xutils-dev expect xorg-dev libjpeg8-dev libpng12-dev
NX server also requires CUPS, thus you need to install it as well:
sudo apt-get install cups
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 $
Now, create a new patch file, e.g. nx_3.5.0.patch with the following context:
--- nxloadconfig.orig 2009-05-26 16:13:02.000000000 -1000
+++ nxloadconfig 2009-05-26 16:13:22.000000000 -1000
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@
[ -z $(echo "$ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE" | egrep "^[0|1]$") ] && \
ERROR="yes" && echo "Error: Invalid value \"ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE=$ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE\""
- [ -z "$(strings $PATH_BIN/nxagent | egrep 'NXAGENT - Version 1.5.0|NXAGENT - Version 2.[01].0|NXAGENT - Version 3.[012].0')" ] && \
- WARNING="yes" && echo "Error: Could not find 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[01].0 version string in nxagent. NX 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[012].0 backend is needed for this version of FreeNX."
+ [ -z "$(strings $PATH_BIN/nxagent | egrep 'NXAGENT - Version 1.5.0|NXAGENT - Version 2.[01].0|NXAGENT - Version 3.[012345].0')" ] && \
+ WARNING="yes" && echo "Error: Could not find 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[012345].0 version string in nxagent. NX 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[012345].0 backend is needed for this version of FreeNX."
[ -z $(echo "$ENABLE_USESSION" | egrep "^[0|1]$") ] && \
ERROR="yes" && echo "Error: Invalid value \"ENABLE_USESSION=$ENABLE_USESSION\""
And run the patch:
pi@raspberrypi /work/nxserver/freenx-server-0.7.3 $ patch < nx_3.5.0.patch patching file nxloadconfig
And
make
and
sudo make install
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