How To Install xorgxrdp on CentOS 8

xorgxrdp is Implementation of xrdp backend as Xorg modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorgxrdp on CentOS 8.

What is xorgxrdp

xorgxrdp is a set of X11 modules that make Xorg act as a backend for xrdp. Xorg with xorgxrdp is the most advanced xrdp backend with support for screen resizing and multiple monitors.

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

Install xorgxrdp 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 xorgxrdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorgxrdp

Install xorgxrdp 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 xorgxrdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorgxrdp

How To Uninstall xorgxrdp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xorgxrdp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorgxrdp

xorgxrdp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/X11/xrdp
/etc/X11/xrdp/xorg.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/4786867aa167729d9de9a6ddef7b63f0af5b81
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/dc9a0ed17ee496f8d5fd90b73d275453cf6691
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/96b78a2745c8684c84dfaf1f8932919d497ef6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/ab98e2ea411f7abad6a3365ee9c749fc4157b4
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xrdpdev_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/xrdpkeyb_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/xrdpmouse_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libxorgxrdp.so
/usr/share/doc/xorgxrdp
/usr/share/doc/xorgxrdp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xorgxrdp
/usr/share/licenses/xorgxrdp/COPYING

References

Summary

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