Another helpful post on installing nxserver (which I must say has consistently been nightmarish):

FreeNX on Ubuntu Breezy Badger
Submitted by msabramo on Sun, 2006-02-19 19:07.

is a snap.

Just check out the FreeNX page on the Ubuntu Wiki

What I did…

$ sudo cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx/ breezy-seveas freenx
$ gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv-keys 1135D466
$ gpg –export –armor 1135D466 | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freenx nxviewer
$ dpkg –list | grep nx
ii freenx 0.4.4+0.4.5-3ubuntu0 The FreeNX application/thin-client server ba
ii nxagent 1.4.92+1.5.0-4ubuntu0 NoMachine NX - nesting X server with roundtr
ii nxclient 1.5.0-135 NoMachine NX Client and Libraries.
ii nxlibs 1.4.92+1.5.0-4ubuntu0 NoMachine NX - common agent libraries
ii nxviewer 1.4.92+1.5.0-4ubuntu0 NoMachine NX - nesting X server with roundtr

For tons more info on FreeNX, I recommend looking at Kurt Pfeifle’s excellent series in Linux Journal.

I just did the install on Kubuntu Breezy 5.10 and it worked beautifully. Much thanks to all involved in putting the package together.

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