How To Install xrdesktop on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdesktop
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xrdesktop
xrdesktop is:
library for XR interaction with classical desktop compositors.
This package includes the settings application.
There are three methods to install xrdesktop
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xrdesktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xrdesktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xrdesktop
Install xrdesktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xrdesktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xrdesktop
Install xrdesktop 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 xrdesktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xrdesktop
How To Uninstall xrdesktop on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xrdesktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xrdesktop
Uninstall xrdesktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xrdesktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xrdesktop
Remove xrdesktop Configurations and Data
To remove xrdesktop
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xrdesktop
Remove xrdesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xrdesktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xrdesktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdesktop
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.