How To Install nxproxy on Debian 10

Learn how to install nxproxy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nxproxy is NX proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nxproxy on Debian 10.

What is nxproxy

nxproxy is:

NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.

This package provides the NX proxy (client) binary.

There are three methods to install nxproxy on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nxproxy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nxproxy

Install nxproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nxproxy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nxproxy

Install nxproxy 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 nxproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nxproxy

How To Uninstall nxproxy on Debian 10

To uninstall only the nxproxy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nxproxy

Uninstall nxproxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nxproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nxproxy

Remove nxproxy Configurations and Data

To remove nxproxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nxproxy

Remove nxproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nxproxy

Dependencies

nxproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nxproxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.