XNC publishes 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)

Source code tarball: 

• Unpack archive with 'tar zxvf filename' or 'gunzip -c filename | tar xvf -'
• Go to xnc-5.x.x directory 
• Run './configure'. For configure options see output of './configure --help'
• Run 'make' 
• Run 'make install' under root. This operation install files to Your computer.
• You need to run 'xncsetup' for each user who wants to run xnc. 
• Configure Your environment with xncsetup and press 'Save' button. 

Source code tarball to local directory (home directory without root): 
If you want to install xnc to another directory that default one (/usr), then read this part of instructions:

Assume that you want to install xnc locally to your home directory and don't have 'root' access.
For example your home directory is '/home/leo'.

• Unpack archive with 'tar zxvf filename' or 'gunzip -c filename | tar xvf -'
• Go to xnc-5.x.x directory 
• Run './configure --prefix=/home/leo'. For more configure options see output of './configure --help'
• Run 'make' 
• Run 'make install'. This operation install files to Your computer.
• You need to run 'xncsetup' before running xnc. Do it under X window system because xncsetup requires connection to X server. XNC installs itself in the following directories:
• /home/leo/bin - binaries
• /home/leo/lib/xnc - libraries
• /home/leo/share/man/man1 - man pages
• /home/leo/share/doc/xnc-5.x.x - documentation
• /home/leo/share/locale - localization
• Configure Your environment with xncsetup and press 'Save' button.
• Make sure that you have '/home/leo/bin' directory in your $PATH environment.
• Or add with 'export PATH=/home/leo/bin:$PATH' into your local startup script. 

Precompiled binary TAR archive: 

• Just unpack archive to '/' directory.
• cd /
• gunzip -c xnc-tarball-name.tar.gz | tar xvf -
• Configure Your environment with 'xncsetup' and press 'Save' button for each user who wants to run xnc. 

• Just install RPM archive to your system with 'rpm -ivh xnc-*.rpm'.
• Or upgrade from previous version with 'rpm -Uvh xnc-*.rpm'.
• Configure Your environment with 'xncsetup', see or change hotkeys, colors and press 'Save' button. 

• '/usr/bin' - xnc binaries and helpers
• '/usr/lib/xnc' - xnc plugin libraries.
• '/usr/share/man/man1' - xnc man pages.
• '/usr/share/locale' - xnc localization files.

'/usr/share/doc/xnc-5.x.x' - xnc documentation in html format.

HOW TO RUN 

Simple run:

• Just type 'xnc' and enjoy. 

Faster startup:

• Run 'xncloader'. Do it just ONCE after you start your X. 

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

Run with command line options:
You can run xnc with many command line options that make some tuning at startup. Here is the list of these options:

• -display displayname - X server display name to contact
• -/+rv - Turn on/off reverse video mode in xterminal
• -fg color - foreground color for xterminal window
• -cr color - cursor color in terminal window
• -fn fontname - normal terminal text font
• -iconic - start iconic
• -title string - title name for window
• -/+ls - turn on/off login shell
• -/+sb - turn on/off scrollbar in terminal window
• -sl number - number of scrolled lines to save
• -/+ut - turn on/off utmp inhibit
• -/+vb - turn on/off visual bell
• -/+si - turn on/off introduction banner
• -plugin plugin-name - plugin name for load different look (skin)
• -/+shared - turn on/off shared resource using with xncloader