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About this README
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This README is intended to provide quick and to-the-point documentation for
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technical users intending to compile parts of Guacamole themselves.
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Distribution-specific packages are available from the files section of the main
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project page:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamole/files/
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Distribution-specific documentation is provided on the Guacamole wiki:
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http://guac-dev.org/
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What is guacd?
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guacd is the Guacamole proxy daemon used by the Guacamole web application and
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framework. As JavaScript cannot handle binary protocols (like VNC and remote
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desktop) efficiently, a new test-based protocol was developed which would
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contain a common superset of the operations needed for efficient remote
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desktop access, but would be easy for JavaScript programs to process. guacd
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is the proxy which translates between arbitrary protocols and the Guacamole
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protocol.
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Compiling and installing guacd
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Please note that distribution-specific pre-compiled packages are available from
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the files section of the main project site:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamole/files/
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guacd is built using the popular GNU Automake, and thus provides the standard
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configure script. Before compiling, you need to have compiled and installed
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libguac, the core Guacamole library. This is available from the main Guacamole
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site at http://guac-dev.org/.
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1) Run configure
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$ ./configure
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Assuming all dependencies have been installed, this should succeed without
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errors. If you wish to install the init script as well, you need to specify
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the location where your system init scripts are located (typically
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/etc/init.d):
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$ ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d
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Running configure in this manner will cause the "make install" step to
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install an init script to the specified directory, which you can then
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activate using the service management mechanism provided by your
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distribution).
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2) Run make
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$ make
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guacd will now compile.
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3) Install (as root)
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# make install
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guacd will install to your /usr/local/sbin directory by default. You can
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change the install location by using the --prefix option for configure.
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Running guacd
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If you installed the init script during compile and install, you should be
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able to start guacd through the service management utilities provided by
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your distribution (if any) or by running the init script directly (as root):
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# /etc/init.d/guacd start
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Root access is needed to write the pidfile /var/run/guacd.pid. You can also run
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guacd itself directly without the init script (as any user):
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$ guacd
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guacd currently takes four command-line options:
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-b HOST
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Changes the host or address that guacd listens on.
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-l PORT
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Changes the port that guacd listens on (the default is port 4822).
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-p PIDFILE
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Causes guacd to write the PID of the daemon process to the specified
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file. This is useful for init scripts and is used by the provided init
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script.
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-f
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Causes guacd to run in the foreground, rather than automatically
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forking into the background.
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Reporting problems
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Please report any bugs encountered by opening a new ticket at the Trac system
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hosted at:
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http://guac-dev.rg/trac/
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