Remmina

[bluegroper]

Any tips for installing freerdp and remmina using synaptic ?
Seems currently configured to ensure disappointment.   

[pags]

Agreed (somewhat)...

I was (am?) interested in trying to get some Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 displays features enabled that seem might be supported by freerdp, but no luck.

So, I'm still using rdesktop (and, really, it's very functional and stable, so my impetus to investigate is pretty minimal).

Curious what comes out of this thread...
 

[nixer]

I have remmina working.  You have to use an older version of "freerdp".

This is what synaptic says:
I have installed libfreerdp0 (and freerdp) version 0.8.2-3 (both libfreerdp and freerdp)
I have remmina version 0.9.3-3 installed.

If memory serves me correctly, you might need to pin the freerdp program so that it will not install anything newer, like freerdp version 1.  This is what I have in my  "/etc/apt/preferences"  file: 

Package: freerdp
Pin: version 0.8.2-3pclos*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: libfreerdp0
Pin: version 0.8.2-3pclos*
Pin-Priority: 1001

I "think" I altered the preferences file after I installed remmina and before I did the first update afterwards.

Hope this helps.

[bluegroper]

Thx for tips and clues.
I'm suspecting this arrangement might work for existing, older, already-installed, version/s of remmina.
Alas, it seems not a suitable solution for fresh package installation.   

[nixer]

I did a fresh install about a couple of weeks ago and I did this:

Make sure that you have the correct version of freerdp installed.  Open synaptic and search for this program.  If you have the newer version, version 1, then uninstall it.
Then click on the program freerdp, and then look in the menu bar at the top and select Package > Force Version > then select version 0.8.2-3 from the drop down menu.  Then install this version.  Make sure that the correct version is installed.

Once installed add this data to the /ect/apt/preferences file:

Package: freerdp
Pin: version 0.8.2-3pclos*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: libfreerdp0
Pin: version 0.8.2-3pclos*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Then try to install remmina.  These are the steps that I did to install it.  Then try to do a full update from synaptic and make sure that freerdp does not try to upgrade.