How To Install krfb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install krfb
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is krfb
krfb is:
KDE Desktop Sharing is a manager for easily sharing a desktop session with another system. The desktop session can be viewed or controlled remotely by any VNC or RFB client, such as the KDE Remote Desktop Connection client.
KDE Desktop Sharing can restrict access to only users who are explicitly invited, and will ask for confirmation when a user attempts to connect.
This package is part of the KDE networking module.
There are three methods to install krfb
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install krfb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install krfb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install krfb
Install krfb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install krfb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install krfb
Install krfb 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 krfb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install krfb
How To Uninstall krfb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the krfb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove krfb
Uninstall krfb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall krfb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove krfb
Remove krfb Configurations and Data
To remove krfb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge krfb
Remove krfb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove krfb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krfb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install krfb
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.