How To Install x2goplugin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goplugin on Debian 9.
What is x2goplugin
x2goplugin is:
X2Go is a serverbased 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 (qt4) for the X2Go system. You can use it to connect to running sessions and start new sessions.
This package provides X2Go Client as QtBrowser-based Mozilla plugin.
There are three methods to install x2goplugin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install x2goplugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goplugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goplugin
Install x2goplugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goplugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goplugin
Install x2goplugin 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 x2goplugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goplugin
How To Uninstall x2goplugin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the x2goplugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goplugin
Uninstall x2goplugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goplugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goplugin
Remove x2goplugin Configurations and Data
To remove x2goplugin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goplugin
Remove x2goplugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goplugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goplugin
Dependencies
x2goplugin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goplugin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.