How to Install Guacamole on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

Guacamole is a free and open-source remote desktop gateway that supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. It allows remote access to desktop machines over a web browser. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Guacamole on MXLinux latest using the official Apache Guacamole website.

Prerequisites

• A MXLinux Latest installation with sudo privileges
• A web browser
• Basic knowledge of using the Linux terminal

Step 1: Install Required Packages and Dependencies

Before we can install Guacamole, we need to make sure that we have all the required packages and dependencies installed. Open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo apt-get update

Next, install the following packages using the command below:

sudo apt-get install -y libcairo2-dev libpng-dev libossp-uuid-dev libvncserver-dev libssl-dev tomcat9 maven default-jdk

Step 2: Download Guacamole

Next, we need to download the Guacamole server source code from the official Apache Guacamole website. You can download it by entering the following command:

wget https://downloads.apache.org/guacamole/1.3.0/source/guacamole-server-1.3.0.tar.gz

After the download is completed, extract the files using the following command:

tar -xzf guacamole-server-1.3.0.tar.gz

Step 3: Build Guacamole Server

We need to build the Guacamole server from the source code that we have downloaded using the following command:

cd guacamole-server-1.3.0
./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Step 4: Download Guacamole Client

Now that the Guacamole server is installed, we need to install the Guacamole client. Enter the following command to download the client:

wget https://downloads.apache.org/guacamole/1.3.0/binary/guacamole-1.3.0.war -O /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/guacamole.war

Step 5: Configure Guacamole Client

After downloading the Guacamole client, we need to configure it using the following commands:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/tomcat9/.guacamole
sudo ln -s /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties /usr/share/tomcat9/.guacamole/
sudo ln -s /etc/guacamole/user-mapping.xml /usr/share/tomcat9/.guacamole/

Step 6: Start Apache Tomcat

We are almost done! Now we need to start the Apache Tomcat service so that we can access the Guacamole web interface.

sudo systemctl start tomcat9
sudo systemctl enable tomcat9

Step 7: Access Guacamole Web Interface

Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://your-server-ip:8080/guacamole/

Here, replace "your-server-ip" with the IP address of your MXLinux server. You will be prompted to enter the default Guacamole credentials:

Username: guacadmin
Password: guacadmin

After successfully logging in, you can add remote desktop connections by clicking on the "Connections" tab and following the prompts.

Congratulations, you now have Guacamole installed and configured on your MXLinux Latest system, and you can use it to remotely connect to desktop machines.