How To Install remmina-plugin-telepathy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-telepathy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is remmina-plugin-telepathy
remmina-plugin-telepathy 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 Telepathy plugin for Remmina.
There are three methods to install remmina-plugin-telepathy on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install remmina-plugin-telepathy 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-telepathy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-telepathy
Install remmina-plugin-telepathy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-telepathy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-telepathy
Install remmina-plugin-telepathy 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 remmina-plugin-telepathy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-telepathy
How To Uninstall remmina-plugin-telepathy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-telepathy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-telepathy
Uninstall remmina-plugin-telepathy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall remmina-plugin-telepathy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-telepathy
Remove remmina-plugin-telepathy Configurations and Data
To remove remmina-plugin-telepathy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-telepathy
Remove remmina-plugin-telepathy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove remmina-plugin-telepathy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-plugin-telepathy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-telepathy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
