How To Install usbredirect on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbredirect on Ubuntu 22.04. usbredirect is Simple USB host TCP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbredirect on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is usbredirect

usbredirect is:

usbredirect is an usbredir client for exporting an USB device either as TCP client or server, for use from another (virtual) machine through the usbredir protocol.

There are three methods to install usbredirect 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 usbredirect Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install usbredirect

Install usbredirect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install usbredirect

Install usbredirect 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 usbredirect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install usbredirect

How To Uninstall usbredirect on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove usbredirect

Uninstall usbredirect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall usbredirect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbredirect

Remove usbredirect Configurations and Data

To remove usbredirect configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge usbredirect

Remove usbredirect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbredirect

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbredirect package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.