How To Install x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8.
What is x2goserver-xsession
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 X2Go server add-on enables Xsession script handling when starting desktop sessions with X2Go. Amongst others the parsing of Xsession scripts will enable desktop-profiles, ssh-agent startups, gpgagent startups and many more Xsession related features on X2Go session login automagically.
We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver-xsession.
Install x2goserver-xsession 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-xsession using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-xsession
Install x2goserver-xsession 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-xsession using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x2goserver-xsession
How To Uninstall x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the x2goserver-xsession package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove x2goserver-xsession
x2goserver-xsession Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/x2go/Xclients.d
/etc/x2go/Xresources
/etc/x2go/Xsession
/etc/x2go/xinitrc.d
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-xsession
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-xsession.features
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.