nxserver/freenx
Pieter Donche
Pieter.Donche at ua.ac.be
Sat Nov 29 04:42:08 PST 2008
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, matt donovan wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche at ua.ac.be>wrote:
>
>> I want my freeBSD-7.0-RELEASE server accessible via a FreeNX client
>> from www.nomachine.com.
>>
>> I believe I should install both the ports nxserver and freenx:
>>
>>> From http://www.freebsdports.info/ports/net/nxserver.html I read:
>>>
>> nxserver: this port provides only the NX core binaries and libraries as
>> were released by NoMachine as source code. To make them work and be
>> used as an NX server, you will need to:
>> - either install FreeNX (net/freenx) additionally,
>> - or install the commercial NoMachine server product (currently not
>> available in native FreeBSD form)
>>
>> $ whereis nxserver
>> nxserver: /usr/ports/net/nxserver
>> $ whereis freenx
>> freenx: /usr/ports/net/freenx
>> # cd /usr/ports/net/nxserver
>> # make install clean
>> ===> nxserver-1.4.0_1 is marked as broken: this port fails to build with
>> xorg-7
>> .2.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> What's this?
>>
>> What are my alternatives to get a NX server running on FreeBSD?
>>
>> # pkg_add -r freenx
>> isn't found ...
>>
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>
> well freenx now provides nxserver I tried updating the ports but the freenx
> tarball isn't very clear like it used to be since, since the files have
> changed so much from what the old version used to be like. you could try
> freenx and see if it will work or not. Since I m pretty sure the port is
> old.
No help ... This ends up with the same problem ... :
# cd /usr/ports/net/freenx
# make install clean
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
=> freenx-0.4.4.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from http://www.iem.pw.edu.pl/ftp/distfiles/.
fetch: http://www.iem.pw.edu.pl/ftp/distfiles/freenx-0.4.4.tar.gz: Moved Temporarily
=> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
freenx-0.4.4.tar.gz 100% of 45 kB 92 kBps
===> Extracting for freenx-0.4.4_3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for freenx-0.4.4.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for freenx-0.4.4.tar.gz.
===> Patching for freenx-0.4.4_3
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for freenx-0.4.4_3
===> freenx-0.4.4_3 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries - found
===> Configuring for freenx-0.4.4_3
===> Installing for freenx-0.4.4_3
===> freenx-0.4.4_3 depends on file: /usr/local/NX/bin/nxagent - not found
===> Verifying install for /usr/local/NX/bin/nxagent in /usr/ports/net/nxserver
===> nxserver-1.4.0_1 is marked as broken: this port fails to build with xorg-7.2.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/net/nxserver.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/net/freenx.
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