How To Install remmina-plugin-rdp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp on Kali Linux.
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, WWW, 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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-rdpInstall remmina-plugin-rdp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-rdpInstall remmina-plugin-rdp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-rdp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-rdpHow To Uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-rdp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-rdpUninstall remmina-plugin-rdp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall remmina-plugin-rdp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-rdpRemove remmina-plugin-rdp Configurations and Data
To remove remmina-plugin-rdp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-rdpRemove 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-rdpDependencies
remmina-plugin-rdp have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcups2
- libfreerdp-client2-2
- libfreerdp2-2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libwinpr2-2
- libx11-6
- remmina
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-rdp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.