Rdesktop version 1.6.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.6.0

      View the most recent changes for the rdesktop port at: rdesktop.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for rdesktop.
      The raw portfile for rdesktop 1.6.0 is located here:
      http://rdesktop.darwinports.com/dports/net/rdesktop/Portfile
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      The rdesktop Portfile 41004 2008-10-20 20:57:06Z blb macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: rdesktop
      Version: 1.6.0
      Revision: 1
      Category: net
      Maintainers: cshbell gmail.com noses noses.com
      Description: Windows Terminal Server Client
      Long Description: rdesktop is an RDP client to access Microsoft Terminal Server based services. The variant called w2k-license-hack is a backported patch from an rdesktop 1.1 patchset which wasn't integrated into the latest version -- it will announce the client as Windows 2000 machine causing the Terminal Server to provide a license for free. Please argue over this with your own conscience.

      Platform: darwin freebsd

      Homepage: http://rdesktop.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge

      depends_lib lib:libX11.6:XFree86 port:openssl port:libiconv port:libao

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --x-includes=${x11prefix}/include --x-libraries=${x11prefix}/lib --with-libao=${prefix} --with-openssl=${prefix} --with-libiconv-prefix=${prefix}

      build.target rdesktop

      Checksums: md5 c6fcbed7f0ad7e60ac5fcb2d324d8b16 sha1 b8bfd03d4640d285a0aee5b3fb199a47cb4225f2 rmd160 cf604cd1bc0707b485deb653efa3e47e21fabc4c

      Variant: w2k_license_hack description {will announce the client as Windows 2000 machine} {
      patchfiles patch-licence.c
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/rdesktop
      % sudo port install rdesktop
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching rdesktop
      ---> Verifying checksum for rdesktop
      ---> Extracting rdesktop
      ---> Configuring rdesktop
      ---> Building rdesktop with target all
      ---> Staging rdesktop into destroot
      ---> Installing rdesktop
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using rdesktop with these commands:
      %  man rdesktop
      % apropos rdesktop
      % which rdesktop
      % locate rdesktop

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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