How To Install gnome-remote-desktop on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-remote-desktop
on Debian 12.
What is gnome-remote-desktop
gnome-remote-desktop is:
This daemon enables GNOME to offer remote desktop sharing and control using RDP with PipeWire. It supports GNOME on both X11 and Wayland. Remote sharing can be enabled and managed in the GNOME Settings app.
There are three methods to install gnome-remote-desktop
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-remote-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-remote-desktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-remote-desktop
Install gnome-remote-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-remote-desktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-remote-desktop
Install gnome-remote-desktop 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-remote-desktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-remote-desktop
How To Uninstall gnome-remote-desktop on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-remote-desktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-remote-desktop
Uninstall gnome-remote-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-remote-desktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-remote-desktop
Remove gnome-remote-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-remote-desktop
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-remote-desktop
Remove gnome-remote-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-remote-desktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-remote-desktop
Dependencies
gnome-remote-desktop have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libepoxy0
- libfreerdp-server2-2
- libfreerdp2-2
- libfuse3-3
- libglib2.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpipewire-0.3-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0
- libtss2-mu0
- libtss2-rc0
- libtss2-tctildr0
- libwinpr2-2
- libxkbcommon0
- fuse3
- libmutter-11-0
- pipewire
- pipewire-media-session
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-remote-desktop
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.