Compile Remmina 1.1.x in Debian Jessie

Update: Okay this sucks; i'm still having copy/paste issues. But here's the post anyway:

UPDATE 2015 March: Okay this sucks even more, seems i had compilation issues and had to add more cmake flags; HOWEVER, upon install i had segmentation faults when running remmina.

SO, i've found an alternate and preferred method of installing: Add the unstable branch (debian experimental "sid") to your /etc/apt/sources.list and use sudo apt-get -t experimental install remmina freerdp to install the latest available.

i.e. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING
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Remmina 1.0.0 is still the latest version in Debian Jessie (Testing) as of Nov 2014. However Remmina itself is up to version 1.1.x now.

Recently I have had issues with copy/paste (clipboard redirection) not working, so I decided to try to update it. Although not difficult, it was not exactly super quick to find the dependencies either.

note: I always use aptitude but you could just as easily use apt-get.

We will use the github version of Remmina:

sudo aptitude install git
cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina.git

Of course, you probably already have the build tools; otherwise, install them:

sudo aptitude install build-essential

You may have issues with installing the following dependency due to a recent change in debian itself, but you should be able to work it out:

sudo aptitude install libgnutls28-dev

Now, we will install the rest of the dependencies:

sudo aptitude install libavahi-common-dev libavahi-client-dev libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev libvte-2.90-dev libappindicator3-dev libvncserver-dev libxkbfile-dev libfreerdp-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev

Now we can compile and install Remmina:

cd Remmina
cmake -DWITH_LIBSSH=OFF -DWITH_GNOMEKEYRING=OFF
make clean 
make
sudo make install

You need to make install otherwise it will not find the plugins.

I chose "keyring off" because I run XFCE and also when I compiled with it on, I still had copy/paste issues. However, that needs to be thoroughly tested and I was not interested in it.

Now you can run the new Remmina 1.1.x

killall remmina
remmina

good luck!

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