JacksSmolderingServer
September 2nd, 2008, 06:33 PM
After following a howto online and adjusting it for Ubuntu requirements, I have setup Putty using GTK2. (Fits in with standard gnome desktop themes)
Here is a howto.
Putty is useful for managing SSH sessions (including tunnels, etc) graphically. I know all this can be done via the command line, but having a tool to manage and remember host names, etc. is valuable to me.
Install required repositories:
apt-get install linux-kernel-devel krb5-config krb5-user libkrb5-dev libgtk2.0-dev subversion
Download and install the source code via SVN
mkdir ~/putty
cd ~/putty
svn co svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty
./mkfiles.pl # you need to run this to generate the Makefile.gtk used below
cd putty/unix
sudo make -f Makefile.gtk
If everything has compiled cleanly (no errors) than you can run the last step to copy the binaries to /usr/local/bin
sudo make -f Makefile.gtk install
The last line gave me an error after it moved the plink docs over.
"install: cannot stat `../doc/plink.1': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1"
But it seems to work well regardless, type putty from a command line or use the gnome launcher (Alt + F2) type putty and hit "ok" to launch it.
You can add it to the menu if you'd like, go to "System --> preferences --> Main Menu
Cheers
Thanks to this link for the info:
http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/open-source-apps/putty-gtk2
Here is a howto.
Putty is useful for managing SSH sessions (including tunnels, etc) graphically. I know all this can be done via the command line, but having a tool to manage and remember host names, etc. is valuable to me.
Install required repositories:
apt-get install linux-kernel-devel krb5-config krb5-user libkrb5-dev libgtk2.0-dev subversion
Download and install the source code via SVN
mkdir ~/putty
cd ~/putty
svn co svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty
./mkfiles.pl # you need to run this to generate the Makefile.gtk used below
cd putty/unix
sudo make -f Makefile.gtk
If everything has compiled cleanly (no errors) than you can run the last step to copy the binaries to /usr/local/bin
sudo make -f Makefile.gtk install
The last line gave me an error after it moved the plink docs over.
"install: cannot stat `../doc/plink.1': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1"
But it seems to work well regardless, type putty from a command line or use the gnome launcher (Alt + F2) type putty and hit "ok" to launch it.
You can add it to the menu if you'd like, go to "System --> preferences --> Main Menu
Cheers
Thanks to this link for the info:
http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/open-source-apps/putty-gtk2