How To Install x2goserver-common on CentOS 8

x2goserver-common is X2Go Server (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-common on CentOS 8.

What is x2goserver-common

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 common files needed by the X2Go Server and the X2Go

We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver-common on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver-common.

Install x2goserver-common 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-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-common

Install x2goserver-common 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-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goserver-common

How To Uninstall x2goserver-common on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the x2goserver-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x2goserver-common

x2goserver-common Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/x2go
/etc/x2go/x2go_logout
/etc/x2go/x2go_logout.d
/etc/x2go/x2go_logout.d/010_userscripts.sh
/etc/x2go/x2goserver.conf
/etc/x2go/x2gosql
/etc/x2go/x2gosql/passwords
/etc/x2go/x2gosql/sql
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/x2goserver.conf
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-common
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-common/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-common
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-common/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/x2goserver.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/x2go/versions
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-common
/var/lib/x2go

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.