How To Install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8. x2goserver is X2Go Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8.

What is x2goserver

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 This package contains the main daemon and tools for X2Go server-side session administrations.

We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver.

Install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install x2goserver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x2goserver

Install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install x2goserver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goserver

How To Uninstall x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the x2goserver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x2goserver

x2goserver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logcheck
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/x2goserver
/etc/sudoers.d/x2goserver
/etc/x2go
/etc/x2go/applications
/etc/x2go/x2goagent.options
/usr/bin/x2gobasepath
/usr/bin/x2gocmdexitmessage
/usr/bin/x2gofeature
/usr/bin/x2gofeaturelist
/usr/bin/x2gogetapps
/usr/bin/x2gogetservers
/usr/bin/x2golistdesktops
/usr/bin/x2golistmounts
/usr/bin/x2golistsessions
/usr/bin/x2golistshadowsessions
/usr/bin/x2gomountdirs
/usr/bin/x2gopath
/usr/bin/x2goresume-session
/usr/bin/x2goruncommand
/usr/bin/x2goserver-run-extensions
/usr/bin/x2gosessionlimit
/usr/bin/x2gosetkeyboard
/usr/bin/x2gostartagent
/usr/bin/x2gosuspend-session
/usr/bin/x2goterminate-session
/usr/bin/x2goumount-session
/usr/bin/x2goversion
/usr/lib/systemd/system/x2gocleansessions.service
/usr/lib64/x2go
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gochangestatus
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocheckport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocreatesession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocreateshadowsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetagent
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetagentstate
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetdisplays
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetfreeport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetports
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetrandomport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetstatus
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertshadowsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goistrue
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2golistsessions_sql
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gologlevel
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goqueryconfig
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goresume
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gormforward
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gormport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gosuspend-agent
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gosyslog
/usr/sbin/x2gocleansessions
/usr/sbin/x2godbadmin
/usr/sbin/x2golistsessions_root
/usr/sbin/x2goshowblocks
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gobasepath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gocmdexitmessage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2godbadmin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gofeature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gofeaturelist.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gogetapps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gogetservers.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistdesktops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistmounts.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistsessions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistsessions_root.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistshadowsessions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gomountdirs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gopath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goresume-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goruncommand.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goserver-run-extensions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosessionlimit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosetkeyboard.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goshowblocks.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gostartagent.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosuspend-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goterminate-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goumount-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goversion.8.gz
/usr/share/x2go
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-extensions
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-extensions.features
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver.features
/var/lib/x2go
/var/lib/x2go/x2go_sessions

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.