[GUACAMOLE-1254] Support libuuid (util-linux) in addition to OSSP UUID

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Done
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Documentation, guacamole-server, libguac
• Assignee: Mike Jumper
• Reporter: Mike Jumper
• Created: 07/Jan/21 03:12
• Updated: 15/Jul/21 15:14
• Resolved: 07/Jan/21 22:27

Description

The server side of Guacamole has used the OSSP UUID library to generate its unique identifiers for ages, but this library has been the occasional source of trouble among users building Guacamole from source:

It would probably be better to build against the libuuid (part of util-linux), as it is widely available across the various Linux distros. For non-Linux systems, OSSP UUID remains the best alternative.

libuuid is licensed under 3-clause BSD.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-1376 configure: error: "The OSSP UUID library is required"
• relates to: GUACAMOLE-999 Command "configure" failed with error "The OSSP UUID library is required"