How To Install libpam-freerdp2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-freerdp2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-freerdp2
libpam-freerdp2 is:
Auth and session PAM module that uses FreeRDPv2 to authenticate against an RDP server as the remote host and user. Local account required.
This PAM module is intended for facilitating Remote Logon into RDP servers using LightDM’s Arctica Greeter.
There are three methods to install libpam-freerdp2
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 libpam-freerdp2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-freerdp2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-freerdp2
Install libpam-freerdp2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-freerdp2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-freerdp2
Install libpam-freerdp2 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 libpam-freerdp2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-freerdp2
How To Uninstall libpam-freerdp2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-freerdp2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-freerdp2
Uninstall libpam-freerdp2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-freerdp2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-freerdp2
Remove libpam-freerdp2 Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-freerdp2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-freerdp2
Remove libpam-freerdp2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-freerdp2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-freerdp2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-freerdp2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.