How To Install nx-x11-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-x11-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nx-x11-common
nx-x11-common is:
NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.
This package provides all runtime architecture-independent files for nx-X11 Xserver (aka nxagent).
There are three methods to install nx-x11-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nx-x11-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nx-x11-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nx-x11-common
Install nx-x11-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nx-x11-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nx-x11-common
Install nx-x11-common 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 nx-x11-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nx-x11-common
How To Uninstall nx-x11-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nx-x11-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nx-x11-common
Uninstall nx-x11-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nx-x11-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nx-x11-common
Remove nx-x11-common Configurations and Data
To remove nx-x11-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nx-x11-common
Remove nx-x11-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nx-x11-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nx-x11-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-x11-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
