Windows Terminal Client

[stevepell]

This client is called RDESKTOP and works in RedHat Linux. It is delivered as source code that needs to be complied in C.

http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=020214TB-rdesktop

Is it possible to compile this and run it in Mac OS X ?

It would be alot better than running WinTerm in VirtualPC which kills system performance.

- Steve

[howardm4]

it compiles just fine. Just need
to add '-traditional-cpp' the the CFLAGS
in hte Makefile.

[smeger]

I just noticed that fink knows about this program. Try

sudo fink install rdesktop

[stevepell]

Sorry if this sounds ignorant ... It's been several years since I compiled anything in UNIX. If you have time, what are the required steps to prepare source files and what is the UNIX command line required for successful compilation ?

Regarding SUDO: Are you saying I can just simply run this command line from a terminal window ? Is this a shortcut to a precompiled executable image of some kind ? Do I need to run this from the directory containing the RDESKTOP source files ?

- Steve

[smeger]

The fink command will download the source, patch it (if necessary) to run on mac os x, compile it, and install it. All with one command. That's why people think fink is kewl

But if you don't have XDarwin installed, it'll probably complain and ask you if you want to install that, too. You'll need to.

[stevepell]

How do I install FINK - and what is the correct version ?

[stevepell]

Nevermind ... figgered it out .

Thanks for turning me on to FINK. It is cool.

[stevepell]

FINK works ... but RDESKTOP is dependent on XFREE86 - which won't compile on my POWERBOOK G4. This is not so easy to get working. Any ideas ?

I tried this:

SUDO FINK INSTALL XFREE86-ROOTLESS

Results:

echo '#define EtcX11Directory ProjectRoot/etc' >config/cf/host.def
make World WORLDOPTS=-S
Can't exec "make": No such file or directory at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 180, <STDIN> line 1.
### failed, exit code -1
Failed: compiling xfree86-base-4.1.0-8 failed