Pre-compiled Guacamole Proxy Daemon packages

The repository contains instructions how to compile the Guacamole Proxy Daemon guacd to be used by the rport server.

It also contains ready-to-use binary packages for Debian and Ubuntu (x86_64, aarch and armv7)

Go to the release downloads and grab the package for your distribution.

🚫 Do not use any of the packages to build a fully featured Guacamole Server!

The packages are only suitable to run in combination with rportd.

Install packages on Debian

To install the Guacamole Proxy Daemon from pre-compiled packages, proceed as follows.

# Resolve dependencies first
apt install libcairo2 libjpeg62-turbo libpng16-16 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfreerdp-client2-2 libssh2-1
# Download the package
. /etc/os-release
curl -LO https://github.com/realvnc-labs/rport-guacamole/releases/download/1.5.0/rport-guacamole_1.5.0_debian_${VERSION_CODENAME}_$(uname -m).deb
# Install
dpkg -i rport-guacamole_1.5.0_debian_${VERSION_CODENAME}_$(uname -m).deb

Install packages on Ubuntu

To install the Guacamole Proxy Daemon from our pre-compiled packages, proceed as follows.

# Resolve dependencies first
apt install libcairo2 libjpeg-turbo8 libpng16-16 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfreerdp-client2-2 libssh2-1
# Download the package
. /etc/os-release
curl -LO https://github.com/realvnc-labs/rport-guacamole/releases/download/1.5.0/rport-guacamole_1.5.0_ubuntu_${VERSION_CODENAME}_$(uname -m).deb
# Install
dpkg -i rport-guacamole_1.5.0_ubuntu_${VERSION_CODENAME}_$(uname -m).deb

To avoid conflicts with a potentially already running instance of guacd it's installed to /opt/rport-guacamole. By default, guacd listens only on localhost port 9445. To change the port, edit /etc/default/rport-guacamole.

Update from 1.4.0

To update from 1.4.0 to the latest version, just download the package for your distribution and architecture and install with dpkg -i <PACKAGE>.

Because guacd doesn't require a configuration and it doesn't store any data, you can also uninstall and re-install to upgrade your version.

Compile and package yourself

If you prefer to compile and package yourself, just execute the scripts of the repository on your machine.

To compile and build the Debian packages quickly, proceed as shown below.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
git clone https://github.com/realvnc-labs/rport-guacamole.git
cd port-guacamole
sh 01-resolve-debian-dependencies.sh
sh 02-compile-guacamole.sh
sh 03-create-deb.sh
sh 04-lintian.sh

Popular pitfalls

If you compile yourself, heed the following advice:

• guacd writes some files on the fly into $HOME. Not all users have a writable home directory. The user daemon for example, cannot write files to $HOME.
• The guacd sometimes can't find the needed rdp libraries. Pass the library path when starting.

Example:

HOME=/tmp LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rport-guacamole/lib /opt/rport-guacamole/sbin/guacd -v

The pre-compiled packages ship with a systemd service that does all the above in the background.

License

The Apache Guacamole™ source code is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Liability disclaimer

⚠️ Use the instructions or the pre-compiled packages at your own risk.

This repository is not part of the Apache Guacamole™ project.

Notes

• The x86_64 packages and binaries are compiled and packaged on the Hetzner Cloud using the LXD containers of the respective distributions.
• The aarch packages and binaries are compiled and packaged on the Oracle Cloud using the LXD containers of the respective distributions.
• The armv7l packages and binaries are compiled and packaged on a Odroid HC1 using the LXD containers of the respective distributions.