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FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.

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FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol client that implements RDP following

the documentation released under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise.

Support

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* Homepage: http://freerdp.com/

* Wiki: http://www.freerdp.com/wiki/

Libraries used (Ubuntu package names - may not apply to all environments)

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* Xorg-dev

* libssl-dev (OpenSSL)

* libcups2-dev (CUPS 1.3/1.4)

* libasound2-dev (ALSA)

Using git-master source

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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)

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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

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* 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

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* 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)