… esp. applies to installation on the Linux-From-Scratch distribution.

Make sure you have read these wiki pages / installed recommended software / development libraries:

• non-X2Go runtime dependencies:
  • lsof
  • openssh-client
  • openssh-server
  • libconfig-simple-perl
  • makepasswd
  • libdbd-pg-perl
  • libdbd-sqlite3-perl
  • xauth
• X2Go runtime dependencies:
  • x2goagent
  • NX libraries

Note: X2GoServer is not dependent on perl-suid anymore (as Perl SUID has been removed from Perl >=5.12.x).

Installation: For an insight in basic post-installation procedures please take a look at the INSTALL file in the x2goserver_<version> base directory. The latest version of this INSTALL file can also be found in our Git repository.

Deinstallation: For deinstallation please refer to the UNINSTALL file in the x2goserver_<version> base directory. The latest version of this UNINSTALL file can also be found in our Git repository.

Run the following commands as a regular, non-root user. You'll need the root password to install them.

1. Create the necessary group and user

$ su -c "groupadd --system x2gouser && groupadd --system x2goprint &&
useradd --system --no-create-home --shell /bin/false --home /var/lib/x2go -g x2gouser x2gouser &&
usermod -a -G fuse <each user who'll connect to this x2go server>"

2. Install makepasswd

$ wget http://people.defora.org/~khorben/projects/makepasswd-0.5.0.tar.gz
$ tar xf makepasswd-0.5.0.tar.gz
$ cd makepasswd-0.5.0
$ make
$ su -c "make PREFIX=/usr install"

3. Install man2html

$ wget http://dcssrv1.oit.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/tar/man2html3.0.1.tar.gz
$ tar xf man2html3.0.1.tar.gz
$ cd man2html3.0.1
$ su -c "sed 's,/local,,g' man2html > /usr/bin/man2html &&
sed 's,/local,,g' man.cgi > /usr/bin/man.cgi &&
cp doc/man2html.1 /usr/share/man/man1/ &&
chown root:root /usr/bin/man2html /usr/bin/man.cgi /usr/share/man/man1/man2html.1 &&
chmod 755 /usr/bin/man2html /usr/bin/man.cgi"

4. Install perl module Config-Simple

$ wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHERZODR/Config-Simple-4.59.tar.gz
$ tar xf Config-Simple-4.59.tar.gz
$ cd Config-Simple-4.59
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
$ su -c "make install"

5. Install perl module DBI

$ wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.615.tar.gz
$ tar xf DBI-1.615.tar.gz
$ cd DBI-1.615
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
$ su -c "make install"

6. Install perl module DBD-SQLite (for a single-server setup)

$ wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/DBD-SQLite-1.33.tar.gz
$ tar xf DBD-SQLite-1.33.tar.gz
$ cd DBD-SQLite-1.33
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
$ su -c "make install"

7. Install perl module DBD-Pg (for a multiple-server setup) (TODO: Someone please verify this)

$ wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TU/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.18.1.tar.gz
$ tar xf DBD-Pg-2.18.1.tar.gz
$ cd DBD-Pg-2.18.1
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
$ su -c "make install"

8. → has to built from nx-libs.git Install nxcomp from git

$ git clone git://code.x2go.org/nxcomp
$ cd nxcomp
$ autoconf 
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ su -c "make install && /sbin/ldconfig"

9. → has to built from nx-libs.git Install nxcompext from git

$ git clone git://code.x2go.org/nxcompext
$ cd nxcompext
$ autoconf 
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ su -c "make install && /sbin/ldconfig"

10. → has to built from nx-libs.git Install nxcompshad from git

$ git clone git://code.x2go.org/nxcompshad
$ cd nxcompshad
$ autoconf 
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ su -c "make install && /sbin/ldconfig"

11. Install x2goagent from git

$ su -c "rm -fr /usr/lib/x2go &&
mkdir -p /usr/lib/x2go"
$ git clone git://code.x2go.org/x2goagent
$ cd x2goagent
$ make World
$ su -c "cp -a lib/Xext/libXext.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/X11/libX11.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xpm/libXpm.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xrender/libXrender.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xfixes/libXfixes.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xtst/libXtst.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xdamage/libXdamage.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xrandr/libXrandr.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
cp -a lib/Xcomposite/libXcomposite.so* /usr/lib/x2go/ &&
chown -R root:root /usr/lib/x2go &&
install -m755 programs/Xserver/x2goagent /usr/bin/x2goagent.original"

Now create a wrapper to call the actual x2goagent binary with the correct LD_LIBRARY_PATH

$ su -c "echo '#\!/bin/bash' | sed 's,\\\,,g' > /usr/bin/x2goagent &&
echo 'X2GO_LIBS=/usr/lib/x2go LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x2go exec /usr/bin/x2goagent.original \$@' >> /usr/bin/x2goagent &&
chmod 755 /usr/bin/x2goagent"

12. Install x2goserver from git

$ git clone git://code.x2go.org/x2goserver
$ cd x2goserver
$ sed -i "s,/local,,g" x2goserver-compat/Makefile
$ sed -i "s,/local,,g" x2goserver-extensions/Makefile
$ sed -i "s,/local,,g" x2goserver/Makefile
$ make
$ su -c "make install &&
chown root:x2gouser /usr/lib/x2go/x2gosqlitewrapper &&
chmod 2755 /usr/lib/x2go/x2gosqlitewrapper
rm -fr /var/lib/x2go/x2go_sessions &&
/usr/sbin/x2godbadmin --createdb"

13. Install a boot script

Copy this text into /etc/rc.d/init.d/x2goserver:

#!/bin/sh

. /etc/sysconfig/rc
. ${rc_functions}

case "${1}" in
        start)
                boot_mesg "Starting x2go server..."
                /usr/sbin/x2gocleansessions
                evaluate_retval
                ;;

        stop)
                boot_mesg "Stopping x2go server..."
                killall x2gocleansessions
                evaluate_retval
                ;;

        restart)
                boot_mesg "Restarting x2go server..."
                ${0} stop
                sleep 1
                ${0} start
                ;;

        status)
                boot_mesg "Checking x2go status..."
                statusproc /usr/sbin/x2gocleansessions
                evaluate_retval
                ;;

        *)
                echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

# End $rc_base/init.d/x2goserver



su -c "chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/x2goserver &&
ln -sf ../init.d/x2goserver /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S92x2goserver &&
ln -sf ../init.d/x2goserver /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K28x2goserver &&
ln -sf ../init.d/x2goserver /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K28x2goserver"