How To Install remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10

Learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. remmina-plugin-rdp is RDP plugin for Remmina

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10.

What is remmina-plugin-rdp

remmina-plugin-rdp is:

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.

Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface.

Currently RDP, VNC, SPICE, NX, XDMCP, EXEC and SSH are supported.

This package contains the RDP plugin for Remmina.

There are three methods to install remmina-plugin-rdp 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 remmina-plugin-rdp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-rdp

Install remmina-plugin-rdp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-rdp

Install remmina-plugin-rdp 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 remmina-plugin-rdp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-rdp

How To Uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-rdp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-rdp

Uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-rdp

Remove remmina-plugin-rdp Configurations and Data

To remove remmina-plugin-rdp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-rdp

Remove remmina-plugin-rdp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove remmina-plugin-rdp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-plugin-rdp

Dependencies

remmina-plugin-rdp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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