How To Install x2goserver on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver on Debian 12.
What is x2goserver
x2goserver is:
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
This package contains the main daemon and tools for X2Go server-side session administrations.
There are three methods to install x2goserver on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install x2goserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver
Install x2goserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goserver
Install x2goserver 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 x2goserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver
How To Uninstall x2goserver on Debian 12
To uninstall only the x2goserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goserver
Uninstall x2goserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver
Remove x2goserver Configurations and Data
To remove x2goserver configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver
Remove x2goserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver
Dependencies
x2goserver have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- bc
- libfile-basedir-perl
- libfile-which-perl
- libswitch-perl
- libtry-tiny-perl
- libx2go-server-perl
- libx2go-server-perl
- lsb-base
- lsof
- net-tools
- openssh-client
- openssh-server
- perl
- psmisc
- pwgen
- x2goserver-common
- x2goserver-common
- x2goserver-x2goagent
- x2goserver-x2goagent
- xauth
- xkb-data
- debconf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
