How To Install rdesktop on Debian 10

Learn how to install rdesktop on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rdesktop is RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server and Windows Servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdesktop on Debian 10.

What is rdesktop

rdesktop is:

rdesktop is an open source client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server and Windows Server 2003/2008. Capable of natively speaking its Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user’s Windows desktop. Unlike Citrix ICA, no server extensions are required.

There are three methods to install rdesktop 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 rdesktop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rdesktop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rdesktop

Install rdesktop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rdesktop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rdesktop

Install rdesktop 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 rdesktop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rdesktop

How To Uninstall rdesktop on Debian 10

To uninstall only the rdesktop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rdesktop

Uninstall rdesktop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rdesktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdesktop

Remove rdesktop Configurations and Data

To remove rdesktop configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rdesktop

Remove rdesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rdesktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdesktop

Dependencies

rdesktop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdesktop package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.