Installing and running X Northern Captain

XNC is published in three types of archives:

• Source code tarball (src.tar.gz)
• Precompiled binaries for various platforms in tarball (Platform.tar.gz)
• Precompiled binaries for Linux RPM systems (rpm)

This page explains installation process for each type of archive:

• Source code tarball. Compilation and installation under root.
• Source code tarball installation for local user without root access.
• Installation from precompiled binaries for your platform.
• Installation from RPM package.

After installation have been finished successfully you can run xnc in the following ways:

• Just type 'xnc' and enjoy. Don't forget to run xncsetup before running xnc at first time.

Faster startup:

• Run 'xncloader'. Do it just ONCE after you start your X Window. For example you can place it in your .xinitrc or .xsession file. 
• Run 'xnc' as many times as you wish. XNC will use shared resources loaded by 'xncloader' and start faster.
  If you have troubles with this method try 'xnc +shared'.

Run with plug ins:

• Run 'xnc -plugin aqua' and you see XNC with Aqua skin. Also you can choose plugging in xnc 'Configuration' window.
• If you want to switch off the plugging then run 'xnc -plugin none' or set original look in the 'Configuration' window.

PS: If you have problems with localization then you can run english version of xnc and xncsetup:

• xncsetup-en
• xnc-en