How To Install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8. libguac-client-rdp is RDP support for guacd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libguac-client-rdp

libguac-client-rdp is a protocol support plugin for the Guacamole proxy (guacd) which provides support for RDP, the proprietary remote desktop protocol used by Windows Remote Deskop / Terminal Services, via the libfreerdp library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguac-client-rdp.

Install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libguac-client-rdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguac-client-rdp

Install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libguac-client-rdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguac-client-rdp

How To Uninstall libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libguac-client-rdp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libguac-client-rdp

libguac-client-rdp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/aa2d50f4988b6f4869c2a1ea4b061a366ab521
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/f2fd7204eb10947c078b13cc7a60c7d91dac8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/500b0551ac9b154438071f30d5f4404e259d9c
/usr/lib64/freerdp2/libguac-common-svc-client.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp2/libguacai-client.so
/usr/lib64/libguac-client-rdp.so
/usr/lib64/libguac-client-rdp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libguac-client-rdp.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguac-client-rdp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.