How to comfortably run RetroShare "headless", using xpra

# How to comfortably run RetroShare "headless", using xpra


# Little howto about running RetroShare on your server without having a desktop environment
# running (just a tiny x-session)

# Tested on Ubuntu 12.04
# RetroShare: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
# xpra: http://xpra.org/



# On server install RetroShare:

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:csoler-users/retroshare
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install retroshare


# Install xpra on server and client:

     sudo apt-get install xpra


# On server start a screen session, so you can detach from it:

     screen


# Start xpra and RetroShare:

     xpra start :100
     DISPLAY=:100 RetroShare

# to detach from screen, press ctrl + a + d
# to attach to the screen-session run "screen -r"


# Now RetroShare is started. To controll it via gui, attach to the x-session, run by xpra
# (This has to be executed on client):

     xpra attach ssh:user@serverhostname:100

# press ctrl + c whenever you want to detach. RetroShare wil keep running.