How To Install lightdm-remote-session-x2go on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-remote-session-x2go on Debian 10.
What is lightdm-remote-session-x2go
lightdm-remote-session-x2go is:
The configuration files needed and scripts required to login to a fullscreen X2Go session using LightDM’s Arctica Greeter and PyHoca / Python X2Go or X2Go Client.
There are three methods to install lightdm-remote-session-x2go on Debian 10. 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-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 lightdm-remote-session-x2go using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Install lightdm-remote-session-x2go Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lightdm-remote-session-x2go using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Install lightdm-remote-session-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lightdm-remote-session-x2go using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lightdm-remote-session-x2go
How To Uninstall lightdm-remote-session-x2go on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lightdm-remote-session-x2go package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Uninstall lightdm-remote-session-x2go And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lightdm-remote-session-x2go and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Remove lightdm-remote-session-x2go Configurations and Data
To remove lightdm-remote-session-x2go configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Remove lightdm-remote-session-x2go configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lightdm-remote-session-x2go configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lightdm-remote-session-x2go
Dependencies
lightdm-remote-session-x2go have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-remote-session-x2go package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.