NoMachine FreeNX 4.0 on Ubuntu 13.10

Here is how to install FreeNX 4.0 on Ubuntu 13.10

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release ;uname -ri DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10" 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64

freenx server : ubuntu 13.10

freenx client : ubuntu 13.10

download freenx 4.0 for deb 64bit from https://www.nomachine.com/.

on the server ( ubuntu13.10 ), install freenx.

# dpkg -i nomachine_4.0.366_1_amd64.deb 以前に未選択のパッケージ nomachine を選択しています。 (データベースを読み込んでいます ... 現在 212278 個のファイルとディレクトリがインストールされています。) (nomachine_4.0.366_1_amd64.deb から) nomachine を展開しています... nomachine (4.0.366-1) を設定しています ... NX> 700 Starting install at: 月 11月 18 01:30:13 2013. NX> 700 Installing: nxclient version: 4.0.366. NX> 700 Using installation profile: Ubuntu. NX> 700 Install log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxinstall.log. NX> 700 Compiling the USB module. NX> 700 Installing: nxplayer version: 4.0.366. NX> 700 Using installation profile: Ubuntu. NX> 700 Install log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxinstall.log. NX> 700 Installing: nxnode version: 4.0.366. NX> 700 Using installation profile: Ubuntu. NX> 700 Install log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxinstall.log. NX> 700 Creating configuration in: /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg. NX> 700 Displaying file: /usr/NX/share/documents/node/cups-info  CUPS Printing Backend  The  NoMachine Node  setup procedure could not detect your  CUPS installation: either  CUPS  is not installed on  your  system or it was installed in a non-standard path. CUPS is  needed  in order to  enable  printing  support  in your NX  system.  Please note that you can enable  printing support for your  NX system at any time; to do this make sure  that you have  CUPS installed then run:    /usr/NX/scripts/setup/nxnode --printingsetup <pathname>  to specify the location of the CUPS root path. NX> 700 Node install completed with warnings. NX> 700 Please review the install log for details. NX> 700 Installing: nxserver version: 4.0.366. NX> 700 Using installation profile: Ubuntu. NX> 700 Install log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxinstall.log. NX> 700 Creating configuration in: /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg. NX> 700 Install completed with warnings at: 月 11月 18 01:30:47 2013. NX> 700 NoMachine was configured to run the following service: NX> 700 NX service on port: 4000

By default, freeNX server opens TCP 4000.

I used default configuration. no edit.

# lsof -ni:4000 COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME nxd     26875   nx    5u  IPv4 211463      0t0  TCP *:4000 (LISTEN)

on the client, install freenx by using same deb package.

# dpkg -i nomachine_4.0.366_1_amd64.deb

on the client, start freenx client

GUI -> Search “nomachine”

start 

connect to the server

If you have any problems about keyboard mapping, you might solve this by setxkbmap command.

# setxkbmap jp