Installation Notes for NX 3.5.0 on Slackware
In order to install NX 3.5.0 on a Slackware distributions, you need to install the compressed tar packages of NX Client, NX Node and NX server.
To install NX, extract as follows:
# tar -C /usr/ -xzf nxclient-3.5.0...
# tar -C /usr/ -xzf nxnode-3.5.0...
# tar -C /usr/ -xzf nxserver-3.5.0...
Then, create the following directories:
/etc/init.d/
/etc/rc#.d/ where # is 0 through 6
Next, install node and server by running:
# /usr/NX/scripts/setup/nxserver --install redhat
# /usr/NX/scripts/setup/nxnode --install redhat
Finally, place the following in /etc/rc.local
'/etc/init.d/nxserver start'
As KDE is not in the "standard" location, you can use the following settings in the NX Client GUI (3.5.0) to start a KDE session:
General -> Desktop Settings -> Unix -> Custom
Run the following command:
/opt/kde/bin/startkde
Options:
New Virtual Desktop
