There are new RPMS released for nx and freenx in the CentOS-4 and CentOS-5 Extras repository.
I normally do not announce that here, as those can easily be obtained on a normal "yum upgrade/update", however in this case there are special actions required *_IF_* you have the x86_64 architecture for either CentOS-4 or CentOS-5 with the current versions of nx and freenx installed.
The freenx and nx in the x86_64 tree were i386 versions prior to this release because the nomachine code would not compile on x86_64. This release fixes that and the new versions are x86_64 RPMS and no longer i386. This means that YUM will not update the currently installed i386 RPMS that are installed on x86_64 machines.
============= *_ATTENTION_* =============
If you are running nx and freenx on x86_64, to get these upgraded you *_MUST_*:
1. Manually download the x86_64 RPMS from these location:
CentOS-5: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/RPMS/freenx-0.7.1-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/RPMS/nx-3.0.0-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
CentOS-4: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/x86_64/RPMS/freenx-0.7.1-1.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/x86_64/RPMS/nx-3.0.0-4.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm
2. Manually install these two RPMS with this command (as root from within the directory where you downloaded them):
rpm -Uvh freenx-0.7.1-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm nx-3.0.0-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
(that command is all one line if it wraps on your e-mail)
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I apologize for the manual update requirement, however yum will not update i386 packages with x86_64 ones.
Again ... this is *_ONLY_* required if you have the prior released i386 versions of nx and freenx installed on the X86_64 arch of either CentOS-4.x or CentOS-5.x.
If you are using the i386 architecture of CentOS-4.x or CentOS-5.x then you can just upgrade via yum normally.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
Johnny Hughes wrote:
There are new RPMS released for nx and freenx in the CentOS-4 and CentOS-5 Extras repository.
I normally do not announce that here, as those can easily be obtained on a normal "yum upgrade/update", however in this case there are special actions required *_IF_* you have the x86_64 architecture for either CentOS-4 or CentOS-5 with the current versions of nx and freenx installed.
The freenx and nx in the x86_64 tree were i386 versions prior to this release because the nomachine code would not compile on x86_64. This release fixes that and the new versions are x86_64 RPMS and no longer i386. This means that YUM will not update the currently installed i386 RPMS that are installed on x86_64 machines.
=============
*_ATTENTION_*
If you are running nx and freenx on x86_64, to get these upgraded you *_MUST_*:
- Manually download the x86_64 RPMS from these location:
CentOS-5: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/RPMS/freenx-0.7.1-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/RPMS/nx-3.0.0-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
CentOS-4: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/x86_64/RPMS/freenx-0.7.1-1.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/x86_64/RPMS/nx-3.0.0-4.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm
*_FORGOT A STEP_*
1a. Remove the current nx and freenx with this command:
rpm -e nx freenx
- Manually install these two RPMS with this command (as root from
within the directory where you downloaded them):
rpm -Uvh freenx-0.7.1-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm nx-3.0.0-4.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
(that command is all one line if it wraps on your e-mail)
=============
I apologize for the manual update requirement, however yum will not update i386 packages with x86_64 ones.
Again ... this is *_ONLY_* required if you have the prior released i386 versions of nx and freenx installed on the X86_64 arch of either CentOS-4.x or CentOS-5.x.
If you are using the i386 architecture of CentOS-4.x or CentOS-5.x then you can just upgrade via yum normally.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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Johnny Hughes said the following on 10/21/2007 06:52 AM:
There are new RPMS released for nx and freenx in the CentOS-4 and CentOS-5 Extras repository.
Anybody know the main difference(s) between theses and the free ones at nomachine.com?
Johnny, thanks for these.
John Thomas wrote:
Johnny Hughes said the following on 10/21/2007 06:52 AM:
There are new RPMS released for nx and freenx in the CentOS-4 and CentOS-5 Extras repository.
Anybody know the main difference(s) between theses and the free ones at nomachine.com?
Johnny, thanks for these.
Yes ... the free server and free nxnode RPMS at nomachine have a 2 concurrent user connection limit.
freenx as no connection limit and it replaces the nxnode and nxserver (and some other) binaries from nomachine with bash scripts.
Then NX libraries (nx RPM) has the same support libraries that no machine uses.