========================================== FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol client. ========================================== FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol client that implements RDP following the documentation released under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. Support -------------------------------------------------- * Homepage: http://freerdp.com/ * Wiki: http://www.freerdp.com/wiki/ Libraries used (Ubuntu package names - may not apply to all environments) -------------------------------------------------- * Xorg-dev * libssl-dev (OpenSSL) * libcups2-dev (CUPS 1.3/1.4) * libasound2-dev (ALSA) Using git-master source -------------------------------------------------- 1. Install autogen, automake, and gettext. 2. "git clone git://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git" 3. "cd freerdp" 4. "sh autogen.sh" Compiling & installing (git-master or release) -------------------------------------------------- 1. As a root-capable user, install what libraries you require. 2a. Stable users: download the latest release archive. 2b. Edge users: follow the git-master source procedure. 3. "./configure" 4. "make" 5. As a root-capable user, "make install" The default is to install under /usr/local. This can be changed by adding --prefix=directory to the configure line. Using FreeRDP -------------------------------------------------- * Running xfreerdp (or relative binary) by itself will display help. * Note that the server name must be the last option * xfreerdp plugins expand features available by the software. They are installed in (install)/lib/freerdp/ . Examples of using xfreerdp -------------------------------------------------- * Remote clipboard access xfreerdp --plugin cliprdr -g 900x600 (server) * Comport redirection & clipboard access xfreerdp --plugin cliprdr --plugin rdpdr --data serial:COM1:/dev/ttyUSB0 -- -g 900x600 (server)