How To Install xrdp on CentOS 8

xrdp is Open source remote desktop protocol (RDP) server

Introduction

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

What is `xrdp`

xrdp provides a fully functional RDP server compatible with a wide range of RDP clients, including FreeRDP and Microsoft RDP client.

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

Install xrdp 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 xrdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrdp

Install xrdp 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 xrdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrdp

How To Uninstall xrdp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xrdp

xrdp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d/xrdp
/etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman
/etc/sysconfig/xrdp
/etc/xrdp
/etc/xrdp/km-00000406.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000407.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000409.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000040a.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000040b.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000040c.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000410.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000411.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000412.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000414.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000415.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000416.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000419.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000041d.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000807.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000809.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000080a.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000080c.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000813.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00000816.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-0000100c.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-00010409.ini
/etc/xrdp/km-19360409.ini
/etc/xrdp/openssl.conf
/etc/xrdp/pulse
/etc/xrdp/pulse/default.pa
/etc/xrdp/sesman.ini
/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
/etc/xrdp/xrdp_keyboard.ini
/usr/bin/xrdp-dis
/usr/bin/xrdp-genkeymap
/usr/bin/xrdp-keygen
/usr/bin/xrdp-sesadmin
/usr/bin/xrdp-sesrun
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/687e1339033ab68a8083dd572848bc1c5a4e5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/fb451710ae20672a701f0ea77bb5e940d72200
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/3af11667987fa1e5c68260a59331b278d917fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/ffa32d8b2030399d7c17274e0de1a2e53954bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/b479d9f06a9683f85e41c6001bb66c4f202ac0
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/b887c4258f2140f82d9ba6aecf8639ba849a8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/af5006b53e4dc13e980d62760e341678575c6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/c02e261f7911ebd7d44303e9b7fa4e73fae63b
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/f51687adc024fbb28eab5f3479d11044545a0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/bcdc42081d2233f6487f4c0e92bafd7f0cb692
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/c83eb95713a42fc6c44afef7e071291a077110
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/a9162efcf215d7319a6260726ad6a9b26806dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ec5cf739bdbe0c21676020f3fea8fe8c717163
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/a81ca31ac76ab035f9bdab4febc9c0bc223a0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/babad271b4221af6862408646d40245f1cf73b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/300db8b44c82cc446a33ee01d8fd85b5cc1e8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/e056d9fa6ae248329b463756d3c323ac8ee905
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xrdp-sesman.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xrdp.service
/usr/lib64/librfxencode.so.0
/usr/lib64/librfxencode.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libcommon.so.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libmc.so
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libscp.so.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libscp.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libvnc.so
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libxrdp.so.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libxrdp.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libxrdpapi.so.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libxrdpapi.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/xrdp/libxup.so
/usr/libexec/xrdp
/usr/libexec/xrdp/reconnectwm.sh
/usr/libexec/xrdp/startwm-bash.sh
/usr/libexec/xrdp/startwm.sh
/usr/sbin/xrdp
/usr/sbin/xrdp-chansrv
/usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman
/usr/share/doc/xrdp
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/design.txt
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/faq-compile.txt
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/faq-general.txt
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/file-loc.txt
/usr/share/doc/xrdp/install.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdp-dis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sesman.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xrdp.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-chansrv.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-genkeymap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-keygen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-sesadmin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-sesman.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp-sesrun.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xrdp.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/xrdp.rules
/usr/share/xrdp
/usr/share/xrdp/ad24b.bmp
/usr/share/xrdp/ad256.bmp
/usr/share/xrdp/cursor0.cur
/usr/share/xrdp/cursor1.cur
/usr/share/xrdp/sans-10.fv1
/usr/share/xrdp/xrdp24b.bmp
/usr/share/xrdp/xrdp256.bmp
/usr/share/xrdp/xrdp_logo.bmp
/var/log/xrdp-sesman.log
/var/log/xrdp.log

References

xrdp website

Summary

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