How To Install x2goserver-xsession on CentOS 8

x2goserver-xsession is X2Go Server Xsession runner

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.