How To Install x2goagent on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goagent on CentOS 8.
What is x2goagent
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 X2Go Agent functionality has been completely incorporated into nxagent’s code base. If the nxagent binary is executed under the name of “x2goagent”, the X2Go functionalities get activated. The x2goagent package is a wrapper that activates X2Go branding in nxagent. Please refer to the nxagent package’s description for more information on NX.
We can use yum or dnf to install x2goagent on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goagent.
Install x2goagent on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install x2goagent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install x2goagent
Install x2goagent on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install x2goagent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x2goagent
How To Uninstall x2goagent on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the x2goagent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove x2goagent
x2goagent Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/x2go/keystrokes.cfg
/etc/x2go/x2goagent.keyboard
/etc/x2go/x2goagent.options
/usr/bin/x2goagent
/usr/lib64/nx/bin/x2goagent
/usr/share/doc/x2goagent
/usr/share/doc/x2goagent/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/x2goagent
/usr/share/licenses/x2goagent/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/x2goagent.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/x2goagent.xpm
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-x2goagent
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-x2goagent.features
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goagent on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
