How To Install x2goserver on CentOS 8
x2goserver is X2Go Server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on CentOS 8.
What is x2goserver
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 This package contains the main daemon and tools for X2Go server-side session administrations.
We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver.
Install x2goserver 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 x2goserver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install x2goserver
Install x2goserver 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 x2goserver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x2goserver
How To Uninstall x2goserver on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the x2goserver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove x2goserver
x2goserver Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/logcheck
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/x2goserver
/etc/sudoers.d/x2goserver
/etc/x2go
/etc/x2go/applications
/etc/x2go/x2goagent.options
/usr/bin/x2gobasepath
/usr/bin/x2gocmdexitmessage
/usr/bin/x2gofeature
/usr/bin/x2gofeaturelist
/usr/bin/x2gogetapps
/usr/bin/x2gogetservers
/usr/bin/x2golistdesktops
/usr/bin/x2golistmounts
/usr/bin/x2golistsessions
/usr/bin/x2golistshadowsessions
/usr/bin/x2gomountdirs
/usr/bin/x2gopath
/usr/bin/x2goresume-session
/usr/bin/x2goruncommand
/usr/bin/x2goserver-run-extensions
/usr/bin/x2gosessionlimit
/usr/bin/x2gosetkeyboard
/usr/bin/x2gostartagent
/usr/bin/x2gosuspend-session
/usr/bin/x2goterminate-session
/usr/bin/x2goumount-session
/usr/bin/x2goversion
/usr/lib/systemd/system/x2gocleansessions.service
/usr/lib64/x2go
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/fail-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/post-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-resume.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-runcommand.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-start.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-suspend.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/extensions/pre-terminate.d
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gochangestatus
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocheckport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocreatesession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gocreateshadowsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetagent
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetagentstate
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetdisplays
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetfreeport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetports
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetrandomport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gogetstatus
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goinsertshadowsession
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goistrue
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2golistsessions_sql
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gologlevel
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goqueryconfig
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2goresume
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gormforward
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gormport
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gosuspend-agent
/usr/lib64/x2go/x2gosyslog
/usr/sbin/x2gocleansessions
/usr/sbin/x2godbadmin
/usr/sbin/x2golistsessions_root
/usr/sbin/x2goshowblocks
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gobasepath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gocmdexitmessage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2godbadmin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gofeature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gofeaturelist.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gogetapps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gogetservers.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistdesktops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistmounts.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistsessions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistsessions_root.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2golistshadowsessions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gomountdirs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gopath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goresume-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goruncommand.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goserver-run-extensions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosessionlimit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosetkeyboard.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goshowblocks.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gostartagent.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosuspend-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goterminate-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goumount-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goversion.8.gz
/usr/share/x2go
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-extensions
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-extensions.features
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver.features
/var/lib/x2go
/var/lib/x2go/x2go_sessions
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.