How To Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing in Fedora 36. x2goserver-desktopsharing is X2Go Server (Desktop Sharing support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Fedora 36.

What is `x2goserver-desktopsharing`

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 X2Go Desktop Sharing is an X2Go add-on feature that allows a user to grant other X2Go users access to the current session (shadow session support). The user’s current session may be an X2Go session itself or simply a local X11 session. This package contains all the integration and configuration logics of a system-wide manageable desktop sharing setup.

We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver-desktopsharing.

Install x2goserver-desktopsharing 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 x2goserver-desktopsharing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing

Install x2goserver-desktopsharing 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 x2goserver-desktopsharing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing

How To Uninstall x2goserver-desktopsharing on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the x2goserver-desktopsharing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x2goserver-desktopsharing

x2goserver-desktopsharing Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/x2go/desktopsharing
/etc/x2go/desktopsharing/settings
/usr/bin/x2goresume-desktopsharing
/usr/bin/x2gosuspend-desktopsharing
/usr/bin/x2goterminate-desktopsharing
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-desktopsharing/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-desktopsharing/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goresume-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosuspend-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goterminate-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-desktopsharing.features

References

x2goserver-desktopsharing website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).