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--- synergy [2018/05/07 21:01] – [Installation] k2patel
+++ synergy [2020/12/22 23:37] (current) – [Synergy] k2patel
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 Project : [[https://github.com/symless/synergy-core.git|Github]]
+:!: Barrier / Opensource forked from 1.x after it became paid.
+Project : [[https://github.com/debauchee/barrier|Barrier]]
 ==== Installation ====
 :!: Since version 2.x there is GUI for synergy available and there is no hm.sh script in source.\\
 I've chose to use 2.x since it uses openssl to secure connection. \\
+=== Linux ===
+Most linux distro has package available.
+<code bash | fedora>
+sudo dnf install synergy
+</code>
 === Mac ===
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 Once building binary is done, Copy files to **~/bin/** so it can be used used within path.\\
-One can also create the alias in bash profile.
-<code bash | ~/.bash_profile>
-alias synergy='~/bin/synergy-core --client --enable-crypto -n mac desk'
-</code>
 ====Post Build====
+=== Server ===
+<code bash>
+  openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -subj /CN=Synergy -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout ~/.synergy/SSL/Synergy.pem -out ~/.synergy/SSL/Synergy.pem
+  openssl x509 -fingerprint -sha1 -noout -in ~/.synergy/SSL/Synergy.pem > ~/.synergy/SSL/Fingerprints/Local.txt
+  sed -e "s/.*=//" -i ~/.synergy/SSL/Fingerprints/Local.txt
+  cat ~/.synergy/SSL/Fingerprints/Local.txt # This is where you get server key hash
+</code>
+=== Client ===
 Copy server key hash to following file.
 <code text>
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 </code>
-Next step for me is to explicitly build app for 10.11 using 10.12 SDK.\\
+==== Starting server / client ====
-As quick fix here is what i changed.
+In my case server is on linux and client is on mac.
-<code diff|ext/toolchain/commands1.py>
+=== Server ===
-diff --git a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
+== Configuration ==
-index f32ec483..7f41f489 100644
+<code bash | ~/.synergy.conf>
---- a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
+# sample synergy configuration file
-+++ b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
+#
-@@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ class InternalCommands:
+# comments begin with the # character and continue to the end of
-                        if generator.cmakeName.find('Unix Makefiles') == -1:
+# line.  comments may appear anywhere the syntax permits.
-                                sdkDir = self.getMacSdkDir()
+# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+
-                                cmake_args += " -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=" + sdkDir
+# |Laptop |  |Desktop1| |iMac     |
--                               cmake_args += " -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=" + self.macDeploy
+# |       |  |        | |         |
-+                               cmake_args += " -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=" + '10.11'
+# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+
--                       cmake_args += " -DOSX_TARGET_MAJOR=" + macSdkMatch.group(1)
--                       cmake_args += " -DOSX_TARGET_MINOR=" + macSdkMatch.group(2)
-+                       cmake_args += " -DOSX_TARGET_MAJOR=" + '10'
-+                       cmake_args += " -DOSX_TARGET_MINOR=" + '11'
-                # if not visual studio, use parent dir
-                sourceDir = generator.getSourceDir()
-@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
-                        shortForm = "macosx" + self.macSdk
-                        version = str(major) + "." + str(minor)
--                       qmake_cmd_string += " QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=" + self.macDeploy
-+                       qmake_cmd_string += " QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=" + '10.11'
-                        (qMajor, qMinor, qRev) = self.getQmakeVersion()
-                        if qMajor <= 4:
-</code>
-After above changes i was able to build and run synergy, there you go package build on 10.12 SDK for OS 10.11.
+section: screens
+	# three hosts named:  Laptop, Desktop1, and iMac
+	# These are the nice names of the hosts to make it easy to write the config file
+	# The aliases section below contain the "actual" names of the hosts (their hostnames)
+	desk:
+	mac:
+end
-==== Autossh ====
+section: links
+	# iMac is to the right of Desktop1
+	# Laptop is to the left of Desktop1
+	desk:
+	  right = mac
+	# Desktop1 is to the right of Laptop
+	mac:
+	  left = desk
+end
+section: aliases
+	# The "real" name of iMac is John-Smiths-iMac-3.local. If we wanted we could remove this alias and instead use John-Smiths-iMac-3.local everywhere iMac is above. Hopefully it should be easy to see why using an alias is nicer
+	desk:
+	  desk
+	mac:
+	  mac
+end
+</code>
+Now server can be using following command.
+<code bash | start server>
+/usr/bin/synergy-core --server --name desk -c /tmp/Synergy.TJ6658 --address :24800 -c ~/.synergy.conf --enable-drag-drop --enable-crypto --daemon
+</code>
+=== Client ===
+:?: One can also create the alias in bash profile
+<code bash | start client>
+~/bin/synergy-core --client --enable-crypto -n mac desk
+</code>
+==== Autossh ( If do not want to use built-in crytpo library ) ====
 Opensource version of synergy does not support encryption any more.\\