How To Install rdesktop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdesktop in Fedora 36. rdesktop is X client for remote desktop into Windows Terminal Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdesktop on Fedora 36.

What is rdesktop

rdesktop is an open source client for Windows NT Terminal Server and Windows 2000 & 2003 Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user’s NT desktop. Unlike Citrix ICA, no server extensions are required.

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

Install rdesktop 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 rdesktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rdesktop

Install rdesktop 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 rdesktop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rdesktop

How To Uninstall rdesktop on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rdesktop

rdesktop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rdesktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/bea05ee8cb7dc395bdaac429bfa646f63c52e4
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/TODO
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/ipv6.txt
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/keymap-names.txt
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/keymapping.txt
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/licensing.txt
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/patches.txt
/usr/share/doc/rdesktop/redirection.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/rdesktop.1.gz
/usr/share/rdesktop
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/ar
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/common
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/cs
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/da
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/de
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/de-ch
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/en-dv
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/en-gb
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/en-us
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/en-us-intl
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/es
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/et
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fi
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fo
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fr
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fr-be
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fr-ca
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/fr-ch
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/he
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/hr
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/hu
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/is
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/it
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/ja
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/ko
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/lt
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/lv
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/mk
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/modifiers
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/nl
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/nl-be
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/no
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/pl
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/pt
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/pt-br
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/ru
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/sk
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/sl
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/sv
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/th
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps/tr

References

Summary

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