How To Install x2gobroker-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gobroker-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is x2gobroker-common
x2gobroker-common is:
X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session brokerage support - client side mass storage mounting support - client side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick
The session broker is a server tool for X2Go that tells your X2Go Client application in a terminal server cluster what servers and session types are most appropriate for the user in front of the X2Go terminal.
A session broker is most useful in load balanced X2Go server farms.
This package contains x2gobroker common files.
There are three methods to install x2gobroker-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install x2gobroker-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x2gobroker-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2gobroker-common
Install x2gobroker-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2gobroker-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2gobroker-common
Install x2gobroker-common 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 x2gobroker-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2gobroker-common
How To Uninstall x2gobroker-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the x2gobroker-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2gobroker-common
Uninstall x2gobroker-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2gobroker-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2gobroker-common
Remove x2gobroker-common Configurations and Data
To remove x2gobroker-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2gobroker-common
Remove x2gobroker-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2gobroker-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2gobroker-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gobroker-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
