[FreeNX-kNX] How to compile FreeNX?

[Alastair Johnson]

On 11/30/2011 03:40 PM, Sandra Schlichting wrote:
> Dear readers,
>
> I would like to compile FreeNX on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit, if possible, but
> if I try the "easy way" as described in the INSTALL file, I get the
> output pasted in at the bottom of this email.
>
> Does anyone know what's wrong?
>
> Hugs,
> Sandra

[snip]

> Error: expect necessary for /usr/NX/bin/nxnode-login could not be
> found in '/usr/bin/expect'. Please install it or change nxnode-login
> accordingly.
> Error: Could not find 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[01].0 version string in
> nxagent. NX 1.5.0 or 2.[01].0 or 3.[012].0 backend is needed for this
> version of FreeNX.
>
>    Errors occured during config check.
>    Please correct the configuration file.

It looks like you are missing a couple of dependencies - 'expect' and 
the NX libs. Expect is a common package and should be available in your 
package manager. The NX libs are less common, and reputedly a pain to 
compile. They are packaged though - see Henning's suggestion about the PPA.