How To Install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 on Debian 12.
What is lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 is:
The configuration files needed and scripts required to login to a fullscreen RDP session using LightDM’s Arctica Greeter and FreeRDPv2’s xfreerdp.
There are three methods to install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lightdm-remote-session-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 lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Install lightdm-remote-session-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
How To Uninstall lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Uninstall lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Remove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 Configurations and Data
To remove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Remove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2
Dependencies
lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-remote-session-freerdp2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
