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x11vnc `stack smashing detected` - disable detection, as a non-root user
# On my system, I don't have root access. So here's how I built it
# as a non-root user, without `sudo` or the ability to
# install packages, although many packages were already installed.
#
# In particular, I had to download and build LibVNCServer,
# and configure x11vnc to use it the one I had built
mkdir -p ~/bin/x11vnc
cd ~/bin/x11vnc
wget https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/archive/refs/tags/LibVNCServer-0.9.13.zip
unzip LibVNCServer-0.9.13.zip
cd libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.13/
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
cd ~/bin/v11vnc
wget https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/archive/refs/tags/0.9.16.zip
unzip 0.9.16.zip
cd x11vnc-0.9.16
autoreconf -fiv
set VNCSROOT=$HOME/bin/x11vnc/libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.13
env LIBVNCSERVER_CFLAGS="-L $VNCSROOT/build/ -I $VNCSROOT -I $VNCSROOT/build" \
LIBVNCSERVER_LIBS="-lvncserver" \
LIBVNCCLIENT_CFLAGS="-I $VNCSROOT/build" \
LIBVNCCLIENT_LIBS="-L $VNCSROOT/build/ -lvncclient" \
./configure \
--prefix=$HOME/bin/x11vnc/installed \
CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-stack-protector'
make -j
make install
# To run x11vnc from there, use:
# $HOME/bin/x11vnc/installed/bin/x11vnc
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