Remmina

Remmina used to come with RDP and VNC options, now they are plugins.

After you install the plugins it's not enough to just close and reopen remmina. I think something gets left open, so you may need to kill a task or simply reboot.

ps -A | grep remmina
4853 ?        00:01:15 remmina
kill 4853   #the process ID from above

So here's how to get everything going:

1. to install remmina

sudo apt-get install remmina

1. get the other mode plugins

sudo apt-get install remmina-plugin-vnc
sudo apt-get install remmina-plugin-rdp

1. probably not needed

sudo apt-get install freerdp
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev

FYI: the plugins install to /usr/lib/remmina/plugins

by: answered Jan 1 '15 at 22:23 derek kelly - Ask Ubuntu - VNC plugin not working in Remmina (mirrored here as other web sites go away or often change links)

command line

Typing 'remmina' in console opens the GUI

Typing 'remmina -?' in console shows help

$ remmina -?
Usage:
  remmina [OPTION…] FILE

Help Options:
  -h, --help                  Show help options
  --help-all                  Show all help options
  --help-gapplication         Show GApplication options
  --help-gtk                  Show GTK+ Options

Application Options:
  -a, --about                 Show about dialog
  -c, --connect=FILE          Connect to a .remmina file
  -e, --edit=FILE             Edit a .remmina file
  -n, --new                   Create a new connection profile
  -p, --pref=PAGENR           Show preferences dialog page
  -x, --plugin=PLUGIN         Execute the plugin
  -q, --quit                  Quit the application
  -s, --server=SERVER         Use default server name (for --new)
  -t, --protocol=PROTOCOL     Use default protocol (for --new)
  -i, --icon                  Start as tray icon
  -v, --version               Show the application's version
  -V, --full-version          Show the application's version, including the pulgin versions
  --display=DISPLAY           X display to use