How To Install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 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 x2gothinclient-minidesktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2gothinclient-minidesktop
How To Uninstall x2gothinclient-minidesktop on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-minidesktop package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
