sudonatalie/vnc-client

VNC Remote Desktop Client developed purely in Haskell.

Haskell VNC Client

Notice

This is an experimental alpha project which is no longer under active development.

Installation

This installation guide needs to be tested again for accuracy.

OS X:

1. Install XQuartz.
2. LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/X11/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/X11/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/X11/lib" cabal install X11
3. brew install gtk+
4. brew tap homebrew/versions
5. cd vnc-client
6. stack build

Ubuntu:

1. Install X11.
2. sudo apt-get install libghc6-zlib-dev
3. sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
4. sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview2.0-dev
5. cd vnc-client
6. stack build

Usage

~ $ stack exec -- vnc-client --help
Usage: stack exec -- vnc-client [OPTION...] host
  -?         --help           print usage instructions
  -v         --verbose        verbose mode for more information output
  -g         --gui            configure client via graphical UI
  -n         --no-auth        connect without authentication (default: VNC password authentication)
  -p PORT    --port=PORT      port number (default: 5900)
  -t TOP     --top=TOP        top position (default: 0)
  -l LEFT    --left=LEFT      left position (default: 0)
  -w WIDTH   --width=WIDTH    width (default: entire framebuffer)
  -h HEIGHT  --height=HEIGHT  height (default: entire framebuffer)

Documentation

Source code documentation can be generated from the literate source files with:

1. lhs2TeX doc.lhs > doc.tex
2. pdflatex doc.tex

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.