NEED HELP INSTALLING RDESKTOP 1.4.1

[rosszim]

I am newly converted to linux on kubuntu dual boot winxp.

i run terminal services on win2k3 and wanted rpd for linux running on my clients.

went to rdesktop.org and whilst trying to install got the following error
after running the command "./configure" in the rdesktop directory

hecking for OpenSSL directory... Not found

Couldn't find your OpenSSL library installation dir
Use --with-openssl option to fix this problem   

this is required as the app will not action the next command "make install",

do you have any answers, thanyou

[Hawkwind]

Re: NEED HELP INSTALLING RDESKTOP 1.4.1

sudo apt-get install rdesktop

Why not use the pre-built packages and use the package manager the distro gives you. Compiling things can and eventually will lead to database problems. If you compile things, the package manager doesn't see it in its database and therefore your system won't be updated properly or thoroughly.

[rosszim]

Re: NEED HELP INSTALLING RDESKTOP 1.4.1

Thanks for info, herewith syntax returned, what do we do next.

admin01@ubuntu80:~$ sudo apt-get install rdesktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package rdesktop is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package rdesktop has no installation candidate
admin01@ubuntu80:~$

We are using brezy badger 5.10 at present, which prebuilt rdp are you refering to , is it krdc? which does not seem to be available.

[Hawkwind]

Re: NEED HELP INSTALLING RDESKTOP 1.4.1

Ah I don't run breezy. In Dapper it's in the 'Main' repo which I would think it should be for Breezy too.

<-( ubotu )-> rdesktop: RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server. In component main, is optional. Version 1.4.1-1 (breezy), package size 98 kB, installed size 388 kB

That's the info from the bot so it should be there. Might need to do a sudo apt-get update first.

[rosszim]

Re: NEED HELP INSTALLING RDESKTOP 1.4.1

thanks , i will be getting iso live image of dapper tomorrow and will install on onther partition, thanks for your info.