How To Install xdmx on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdmx on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xdmx
xdmx is:
Xdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display device(s). It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to a set of back-end X servers. All of the visible rendering is passed to the back-end X servers. Clients connect to the Xdmx front-end, and everything appears as it would in a regular multi-head configuration. If Xinerama is enabled (e.g., with +xinerama on the command line), the clients see a single large screen.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
Package: xdmx Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: xorg-server Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2072 Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82), libsystemd0, libunwind8, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.6.0), libxau6, libxdmcp6, libxext6, libxfixes3, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxi6, libxmuu1, libxrender1 Filename: pool/universe/x/xorg-server/xdmx_1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 759312 MD5sum: 407846141c8e76a0ea13e741335a0a65 SHA1: e2406bcebe231ce3cf8c0a194f9bcf975df0ef81 SHA256: d3d1d4ef88129747aa347bc813044e630e809b447088498b407b7238e59a0fa7 SHA512: 466d7f1629e4e68b8cb561e8fbb22db35fea5a2e8e2be77eb90375f6569f421a2e2d036115b991bbd0ec1aa132615bd5b5e04020f95579c56e3887a9fbb49656 Homepage: https://www.x.org/ Description-en: distributed multihead X server Xdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display device(s). It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to a set of back-end X servers. All of the visible rendering is passed to the back-end X servers. Clients connect to the Xdmx front-end, and everything appears as it would in a regular multi-head configuration. If Xinerama is enabled (e.g., with +xinerama on the command line), the clients see a single large screen.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
Package: xdmx Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: xorg-server Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2067 Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82), libsystemd0, libunwind8, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.6.0), libxau6, libxdmcp6, libxext6, libxfixes3, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1), libxi6, libxmuu1, libxrender1 Filename: pool/universe/x/xorg-server/xdmx_1.20.8-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 757412 MD5sum: 78826d6b52bceb3096d12240aeea9ba6 SHA1: 3d9b805c800f7c1db9f58e658025ed0bc917411e SHA256: 772236917f635188b21baa1e84410b82d349edba786d2ca068dc7cef804c5cab Homepage: https://www.x.org/ Description-en: distributed multihead X server Xdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display device(s). It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to a set of back-end X servers. All of the visible rendering is passed to the back-end X servers. Clients connect to the Xdmx front-end, and everything appears as it would in a regular multi-head configuration. If Xinerama is enabled (e.g., with +xinerama on the command line), the clients see a single large screen.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
There are three methods to install xdmx 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 xdmx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdmx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdmx
Install xdmx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdmx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdmx
Install xdmx 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 xdmx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdmx
How To Uninstall xdmx on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xdmx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdmx
Uninstall xdmx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdmx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdmx
Remove xdmx Configurations and Data
To remove xdmx configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdmx
Remove xdmx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdmx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdmx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdmx package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.