====== Nomachine Configuration ======

**NX technology**, commonly known as Nomachine, is a proprietary software for remote access, desktop sharing, virtual desktop and file transfer between computers. The design of NX was derived from the DXPC (Differential X Protocol Compressor) project, like VNC it has a client-server architecture for remote connection and also renders the graphical environment on the server side.

===== Hardware Setup =====

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Be sure to connect the following peripherals:
  * Mouse
  * Keyboard
  * Screen (using an HDMI cable)
  * Power Plug (of course)
  * Turn on the Jetson Xavier NX by pressing the POWER button.

Turn on the Jetson Xavier NX by pressing the **POWER** button.

Depending on the configuration at the time of installing the operating system, a login screen will appear, or it will automatically log in and skip this.

Once the operating system is ready open the terminal by pressing the key combination **''Ctrl + Alt + T''**, or use the applications menu and search for //Terminal//.

===== Instaling Nomachine =====

In the Jetson board desktop environment run the following commands.

<code>cd ~/Downloads/ && wget https://download.nomachine.com/download/7.1/Arm/nomachine_7.1.3_1_arm64.deb</code>

<code>sudo dpkg -i nomachine_7.1.3_1_arm64.deb</code>

Once the installation process is finished an icon will appear in the upper right corner.

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Click on the icon and select the option **Show server status**.

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A window will appear showing the IP address of the Jetson board, this IP address is the one needed to connect remotely.

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[[https://www.nomachine.com/download]]

> **IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure that the Jetson and the remote computer are connected to the same network, otherwise it will not work.**