How To Install freerdp2-shadow-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-shadow-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is freerdp2-shadow-x11
freerdp2-shadow-x11 is:
FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This package contains a “shadowing” server that can be used to share an already started X11 DISPLAY.
Package: freerdp2-shadow-x11 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: freerdp2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 176 Provides: freerdp Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20160317.1.75ae3f5+dfsg1), libfreerdp-shadow2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20160317.1.75ae3f5+dfsg1), libwinpr2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20160317.1.75ae3f5+dfsg1) Filename: pool/universe/f/freerdp2/freerdp2-shadow-x11_2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb Size: 48356 MD5sum: 2c7d17c1f8f03bd6f338f5417b866a92 SHA1: 368fab92398e0f8ad0ef4f21063f291625c22c26 SHA256: 76584aed64fe93410000a44ba9a66c1e959aba7d86908cb24a4e7565e88d4d1d Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/ Description-en: FreeRDP x11 shadowing server FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This package contains a “shadowing” server that can be used to share an already started X11 DISPLAY.
There are three methods to install freerdp2-shadow-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freerdp2-shadow-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-shadow-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-shadow-x11
Install freerdp2-shadow-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-shadow-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freerdp2-shadow-x11
Install freerdp2-shadow-x11 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-shadow-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freerdp2-shadow-x11
How To Uninstall freerdp2-shadow-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the freerdp2-shadow-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freerdp2-shadow-x11
Uninstall freerdp2-shadow-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freerdp2-shadow-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freerdp2-shadow-x11
Remove freerdp2-shadow-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove freerdp2-shadow-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freerdp2-shadow-x11
Remove freerdp2-shadow-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freerdp2-shadow-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freerdp2-shadow-x11
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-shadow-x11 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
