How To Install guacd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guacd on Debian 9.
What is guacd
guacd is:
Guacamole is an HTML5 web application that provides access to a desktop environment using remote desktop protocols. A centralized server acts as a tunnel and proxy, allowing access to multiple desktops through a web browser. No plugins are needed: the client requires nothing more than a web browser supporting HTML5 and AJAX.
The Guacamole proxy daemon, guacd, translates between remote desktop protocols (like VNC) and the Guacamole protocol using protocol plugins. Once a user is authenticated with the Guacamole web application, a tunnel is established through the web application to guacd, allowing the JavaScript client to communicate to an arbitrary remote desktop server through guacd.
This package contains the daemon binary.
There are three methods to install guacd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guacd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guacd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guacd
Install guacd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guacd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guacd
Install guacd 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install guacd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guacd
How To Uninstall guacd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the guacd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guacd
Uninstall guacd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guacd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guacd
Remove guacd Configurations and Data
To remove guacd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guacd
Remove guacd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guacd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guacd
Dependencies
guacd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guacd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.