How To Install remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10.
What is remmina-plugin-rdp
remmina-plugin-rdp is:
Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.
Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface.
Currently RDP, VNC, SPICE, NX, XDMCP, EXEC and SSH are supported.
This package contains the RDP plugin for Remmina.
There are three methods to install remmina-plugin-rdp 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 remmina-plugin-rdp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-rdp
Install remmina-plugin-rdp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-rdp
Install remmina-plugin-rdp 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 remmina-plugin-rdp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-rdp
How To Uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-rdp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-rdp
Uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-rdp
Remove remmina-plugin-rdp Configurations and Data
To remove remmina-plugin-rdp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-rdp
Remove remmina-plugin-rdp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove remmina-plugin-rdp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-plugin-rdp
Dependencies
remmina-plugin-rdp have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfreerdp-client2-2
- libfreerdp2-2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.