[Jetson installs Nomachine]

0. Introduction

Nomachine is a free remote desktop access application. Support users to access computers connected to the Internet from anywhere. The application allows multiple users to access a single PC and supports the use of different operating systems.

Official website link: NoMachine - Free Remote Desktop for Everybody 

1. Download Nomachine

Software download link: NoMachine - Download Free Remote Desktop Access

 Nomachine supports different operating systems such as Windows/Linux/Mac, and users choose to download different application files according to the platform of the device. This article is about how to install Nomachine on the NVIDIA Jetson platform. Jetson belongs to the arm framework, so you need to download the arm version .

Enter the arm download page, download the file in the red box in the picture, of course, you can also use the wget command to install it.

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install wget
wget https://download.nomachine.com/download/7.9/Arm/nomachine_7.9.2_1_arm64.deb

2. Install Nomachine

Once we have downloaded the Nomachine file, we can install it via the apt or dpkg command.

sudo dpkg -i ./nomachine_7.9.2_1_arm64.deb 

The installation log is as follows

Selecting previously unselected package nomachine.
(Reading database ... 209018 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ./nomachine_7.9.2_1_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking nomachine (7.9.2-1) ...
Setting up nomachine (7.9.2-1) ...
...
NX> 700 Node install completed with warnings.
NX> 700 Please review the install log for details.
NX> 700 Installing: nxserver version: 7.9.2.
NX> 700 Using installation profile: Ubuntu.
NX> 700 Install log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxinstall.log.
NX> 700 Creating configuration in: /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg.
NX> 700 Install completed at: 二 6月 21 10:11:07 2022.
NX> 700 NoMachine was configured to run the following services:
NX> 700 NX service on port: 4000

3. Set up Nomachine

3.1 Set the operating system to restart without password

By setting the system to restart without a password, the Nomachine service can be restarted automatically. Specific steps are as follows:

• Search system settings

• EnterUser Accounts

• Click unlock, enter the root password, and set automatic login to ON

With the above settings, Nomachine will start automatically after the machine is restarted or powered on again.

3.2 Set a fixed IP

The Nomachine client needs to specify an IP address to connect to the server. For long-term convenience, you can set the server device to a fixed IP. The specific steps are as follows:

• Open the network connection interface

• Set IPv4 content 

 4. Modify the resolution

When the following interface appears after connecting, you need to modify the desktop resolution

 

 Create a new terminal, enter the following command, then close the connection of the machine, and connect again to enter.

5. Client connection

 ​​​​​​Client connection is very convenient, the specific steps are as follows:

 So far, the introduction to the installation and use of the Nomachine tool has been completed.