NoMachine NX - Support: Article


Added on:	2007-05-07

Last Modified:	2007-06-19

Applies to:	NX Technology

Installation Notes for NoMachine NX 2.x on Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit

This article covers default installations of Debian 4.0 'Etch' 64-bit.

When installing NoMachine NX 2.x on Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit, the following information will be helpful.

Debian Pre-requisites for NX

Obtain ROOT privileges in a terminal (through sudo or sudo su-)

The NX applications require the following library:

"libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3"

available in the Debian package:

"libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2"

The libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package is not available by default with Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit versions. You will need to install this package by downloading it from the following location:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/libs/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2

Click the i386 link to select a download mirror. Download and save the *.deb package to your hard drive.

Issue the following command in your terminal:

# dpkg -i --force-architecture libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2

The NX applications require the following package for Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit:

"openssh-server"
"ia32-libs"

This are not installed by default with Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit versions. You will need to install this package by issuing the following command:

# apt-get install openssh-server ia32-libs

NX Client Installation

Root privileges are required to install the NX Client software. If you don't have access to your machine as root user, please contact your System Administrator.

Open an xterm or similar, move to the directory where you have placed
the NX Client 2.x DEB package.

Install it using the dpkg utility:

# dpkg -i --force-architecture nxclient_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb

NX Node Installation:

Root privileges are required to install the NX Node software. If you don't have access to your machine as root user, please contact your System
Administrator.

Open an xterm or similar, move to the directory where you have placed
the NX Node 2.x DEB package.

Install it using the dpkg utility:

# dpkg -i --force-architecture nxnode_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb

Installing the Server

Root privileges are required to install the NX Node software. If you don't have access to your machine as root user, please contact your System Administrator.

Open xterm or similar, move to the directory where you have placed
the NX Server 2.x DEB package.

Install it using the dpkg utility:

# dpkg -i --force-architecture nxserver_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb

Verify the server is correctly installed

To determine if the NX server was correctly installed, issue the following command from a root shell prompt:

# /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --status

The output should look similar to the following:

NX > 900 Connecting to server..
NX > 110 NX Server is running.
NX > 999 Bye.

Congratulations! NoMachine NX Client, Node and Server 2.x are now installed and working on Debian 4.0 "Etch" 64-bit.

NX Software Activation

During the 30 day trial installation, you do not have to do the following as a 30 day license key is installed with the trial packages.

After you purchase a NoMachine NX Subscription, you will receive a key.tar.gz file with your purchased license key. You will need to follow the instructions below to activate your software.

Download the attachment of this email to a file named: key.tar.gz

Put it into the '/usr/NX/etc' directory.

From a root shell prompt execute the commands reported below to extract the license key file otherwise skip to the next point:

                    # cd /usr/NX/etc
                    # gzip -d key.tar.gz
                    # tar -xvf key.tar
                    # rm key.tar

From a root shell prompt execute the commands reported below to
set the proper permissions attributes and the correct owner on
the license key file:

                    # chmod 0400 /usr/NX/etc/server.lic
                    # chown nx:root /usr/NX/etc/server.lic

To check if the new license file was correcly installed issue
the following command from a root shell prompt:

                    # /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --version

The output should look similar to the following:

NX > 900 Connecting to server..
NX > 110 NX Server is running.
NX > 999 Bye.