How To Install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Kali Linux. x2gothinclient-minidesktop is Minimal desktop for X2Go Thin Client chroot (based on MATE)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Kali Linux.

What is x2gothinclient-minidesktop

x2gothinclient-minidesktop is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session broker support - client-side mass storage mounting support - client-side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick

x2gothinclient-minidesktop:

This metapackage provides a minimal desktop (based on MATE) as the TCE’s workspace area. From there you can launch X2Go Sessions, but you also have a set of basic applications that run on the thinclient CPU (e.g. Firefox (ESR) with Flash).

There are three methods to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install x2gothinclient-minidesktop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-minidesktop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Install x2gothinclient-minidesktop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-minidesktop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Install x2gothinclient-minidesktop Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-minidesktop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2gothinclient-minidesktop

How To Uninstall x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the x2gothinclient-minidesktop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Uninstall x2gothinclient-minidesktop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x2gothinclient-minidesktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Remove x2gothinclient-minidesktop Configurations and Data

To remove x2gothinclient-minidesktop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Remove x2gothinclient-minidesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x2gothinclient-minidesktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2gothinclient-minidesktop

Dependencies

x2gothinclient-minidesktop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.