How To Install cups-x2go on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-x2go in Fedora 36. cups-x2go is CUPS backend for printing from X2Go

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-x2go on Fedora 36.

What is `cups-x2go`

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session brokerage support - client side mass storage mounting support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick CUPS backend for printing from X2Go.

We can use yum or dnf to install cups-x2go on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-x2go.

Install cups-x2go on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cups-x2go using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cups-x2go

Install cups-x2go on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cups-x2go using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cups-x2go

How To Uninstall cups-x2go on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cups-x2go package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cups-x2go

cups-x2go Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/cups/cups-x2go.conf
/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-x2go
/usr/share/doc/cups-x2go
/usr/share/doc/cups-x2go/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cups-x2go/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cups-x2go/README.txt
/usr/share/ppd/cups-x2go
/usr/share/ppd/cups-x2go/CUPS-X2GO.ppd
/usr/share/x2go
/usr/share/x2go/versions
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.cups-x2go

References

cups-x2go website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-x2go on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).