How To Install freerdp2-wayland on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-wayland on Ubuntu 20.04. freerdp2-wayland is RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (wayland client) RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (wayland client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-wayland on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is freerdp2-wayland

freerdp2-wayland is:

FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Currently, the FreeRDP clients supports the following Windows Versions:

  • Windows NT Server
  • Windows 2000 Terminal Server
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003 Server
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 2008/2008r2/2011SBS Server
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2012/2012r2 Server
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10

This package contains the wayland based client.

Package: freerdp2-wayland 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: 285 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfreerdp-client2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1), libfreerdp2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1), libuwac0-0 (>= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1), libwinpr2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1) Filename: pool/universe/f/freerdp2/freerdp2-wayland_2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb Size: 82788 MD5sum: db90c98c00c20c2f0c237a9f8d332468 SHA1: a2d88a161ac2f609b47de6ce04eb16a33d572d0e SHA256: 664d506d4d8d5782ed69f4fcd10a5a0fa0459cf48645eb3c673f9b1a10e2c3f4 Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/ Description-en: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (wayland client) FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Currently, the FreeRDP clients supports the following Windows Versions:

  • Windows NT Server
  • Windows 2000 Terminal Server
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003 Server
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 2008/2008r2/2011SBS Server
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2012/2012r2 Server
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10

This package contains the wayland based client.

There are three methods to install freerdp2-wayland 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-wayland 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-wayland using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-wayland

Install freerdp2-wayland Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-wayland using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freerdp2-wayland

Install freerdp2-wayland 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-wayland using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freerdp2-wayland

How To Uninstall freerdp2-wayland on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the freerdp2-wayland package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freerdp2-wayland

Uninstall freerdp2-wayland And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freerdp2-wayland and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freerdp2-wayland

Remove freerdp2-wayland Configurations and Data

To remove freerdp2-wayland configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freerdp2-wayland

Remove freerdp2-wayland configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freerdp2-wayland configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freerdp2-wayland

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-wayland package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.