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X2Go Client for Windows need several programs to be able running on Windows
All this programs can be build from source, downloaded from our server or from their projects sites. You can also copy that components from X2Go Client install directory.
you can download nxproxy, and it libraries here
If you want build nxproxy from source, you need install and configure cygwin first.
Download and startCygwin installer
Choose your cygwin directory. For example c:\cygwin. Follow installer instructions.
on installer page “Select Packages” you can select programs and libraries that should be installed in your cygwin environment. For building of nxproxy you will need:
You will need a libpng12 to build nxproxy. This version of libpng is not available on current version of cygwin. You should install it manually.
Open a cygwin shell. Go to the src directory
$cd /usr/src
get a libpng12 from project site
$wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng12/1.2.50/libpng-1.2.50.tar.gz $tar -xzvf libpng-1.2.50.tar.gz $cd libpng-1.2.50
build and install libpng
$./configure --prefix=/usr/ $make && make install
open a cygwin shell and change to your build directory. In this example d:\Build will be used
$cd /cygdrive/d/Build
get a nx-libs sources
$git clone git://code.x2go.org/nx-libs.git $cd nx-libs
build nxcomp
$cd nxcomp $autoconf $./configure $make $cd ..
build nxproxy
$cd nxproxy $autoconf $./configure $make $strip nxproxy.exe $cd ..