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Released on: 2021-10-21
Last Update: 2021-10-21
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NoMachine 6.16.1 is now available for download

Luxembourg, October 21st, 2021 - NoMachine makes available updated packages for version 6 to fix some minor issues affecting earlier iterations and update the Apache HTTP Server to version 2.4.51.

Version 6.16.1 also updates USB drivers to prevent a possible privilege escalation. Due to the new driver version, support for USB forwarding has been dropped for the Windows XP operating system.

The full list of what is included in version 6.16.1:

FR04S04160 - Updating nxhtd in packages v. 7 and 6. to Apache v. 2.4.51


TR10S10388 - Possible local privileges escalation by USB forwarding
TR08S10330 - Cannot terminate the user's session from ETS
TR08S10336 - First connection to a Windows node of a Cloud Server fails with "The session negotiation failed"
TR06S10288 - Kerberos Keyring Cache is not correctly cleaned up
TR07S10323 - NoMachine does not work correctly after installing on Windows XP 64 bit
TR10S10378 - The NoMachine virtual desktop suddenly terminates when running Firefox in a NoMachine virtual desktop session

Supported Platforms

Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019

Mac OS X Intel 64-bit 10.7 to 10.11/macOS Intel 10.12 to 11.x

Linux 32-bit and 64-bit

RHEL 4 to RHEL 8
SLED 10 to SLED 15
SLES 10 to SLES 15
openSUSE 10.x to openSUSE 15.x
Mandriva 2009 to Mandriva 2011
Fedora 10 to Fedora 34
Debian 4.0 to Debian 10
Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 21.04

Raspberry Pi 2/3/4 ARMv6/ARMv7/ARMv8

Download NoMachine Packages

You can download the latest packages suitable for your Operating System from the NoMachine Web site at the following URL:

https://www.nomachine.com/download

Customers with valid subscriptions should log in to their customer area and download the "Production version".


Automatic updates

The automatic check for updates is scheduled to check our repositories every two days.

To update the free NoMachine package:

  • - Open the NoMachine User Interface from your Programs Menu.
  • - From the Machines panel click on 'Settings', then on 'Server' and finally on 'Updates'.
  • - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

To update the NoMachine Enterprise Client immediately:

  • - Click on 'Settings', from the Player panel click 'Updates'.
  • - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

More information about the check for automatic updates is available here:

https://www.nomachine.com/AR05M00847


Manual package update

Please follow the instructions to update your installation manually:

On Windows:

  • - Download and save the EXE file.
  • - Double click on the NoMachine executable file.
  • - As for the installation, the Setup Wizard will take you through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.

On macOS:

  • - Download and save the DMG file.
  • - Double-click on the Disk Image to open it and double-click on the NoMachine program icon.
  • - As for the installation, the Installer will take you through through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.

On Linux:

You can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or update NoMachine by command line by following instructions below. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

RPM

  • - Download and save the RPM file.
  • - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
  • # rpm -Uvh <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.rpm

DEB

  • - Download and save the DEB file.
  • - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
  • $ sudo dpkg -i <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.deb

TAR.GZ

  • - Download and save the TAR.GZ file.
  • - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
    • $ cd /usr
    • $ sudo tar xvzf <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.tar.gz
    • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --update
  • If you are installing Enterprise Client or Node run respectively:
    • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxclient --update
    • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxnode --update

Documents

Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:

https://www.nomachine.com/all-documents

The NoMachine Development Team