How To Install x2goclient on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goclient on CentOS 7. x2goclient is X2Go Client application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goclient on CentOS 7.

What is x2goclient

X2Go is a server-based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session brokerage support - client-side mass storage mounting support - client-side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick X2Go Client is a graphical client for the X2Go system. You can use it to connect to running sessions and start new sessions.

We can use yum or dnf to install x2goclient on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goclient.

Install x2goclient on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install x2goclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goclient

Install x2goclient on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install x2goclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x2goclient

How To Uninstall x2goclient on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the x2goclient package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x2goclient

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goclient on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.