How To Install cups-x2go on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-x2go
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cups-x2go
cups-x2go is:
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-X2Go provides a CUPS-backend for X2Go printing.
There are three methods to install cups-x2go
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cups-x2go Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-x2go
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups-x2go
Install cups-x2go Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-x2go
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups-x2go
Install cups-x2go Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-x2go
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups-x2go
How To Uninstall cups-x2go on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cups-x2go
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups-x2go
Uninstall cups-x2go And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups-x2go
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-x2go
Remove cups-x2go Configurations and Data
To remove cups-x2go
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups-x2go
Remove cups-x2go configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups-x2go
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-x2go
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-x2go
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.