Compilation

Install the suggested base dependencies:

debian based

sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libssl-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2-dev libcups2-dev

rhel based

sudo yum install gcc cmake openssl-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel libXinerama-devel libXcursor-devel libXdamage-devel libXv-devel libxkbfile-devel alsa-lib-devel cups-devel

Optionally, you can install the following dependencies:

debian based

sudo apt-get install libcunit1-dev libdirectfb-dev xmlto doxygen

where cunit is for the unit tests, directfb is for dfreerdp, xmlto is for man pages, and doxygen for API documentation.

Generate makefiles:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_SSE2=ON .

If you are using Eclipse, you can also generate Eclipse project files:

cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_SSE2=ON .

Build:

make

Install:

sudo make install

Now create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/freerdp.conf and add the following line to it:

/usr/local/lib/freerdp

Depending on your OS/distribution, you may also need to add this line:

/usr/local/lib

Run ldconfig. You should now have xfreerdp installed in /usr/local/bin:

awake@envy:~$ which xfreerdp
/usr/local/bin/xfreerdp

Plugins are installed in /usr/local/lib/freerdp:

awake@envy:/usr/local/lib/freerdp$ ls
cliprdr.so disk.so drdynvc.so printer.so rail.so rdpdbg.so rdpdr.so rdpsnd_alsa.so rdpsnd.so

keymaps are installed in /usr/local/share/freerdp:

awake@envy:/usr/local/share/freerdp$ ls keymaps/
aliases ataritt empty fujitsu ibm macosx sony xfree86 xkb.pl
amiga digital_vndr evdev hp macintosh sgi_vndr sun xfree98

After launching FreeRDP at least once, ~/.freerdp will be created to store known hosts:

awake@envy:~/.freerdp$ ls
cacert known_hosts

CA certificates can be added to ~/.freerdp/cacert for additional trusted CAs.