How To Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7. x2goserver-desktopsharing is X2Go Server (Desktop Sharing support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7.

What is x2goserver-desktopsharing

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session brokerage support - client side mass storage mounting support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick X2Go Desktop Sharing is an X2Go add-on feature that allows a user to grant other X2Go users access to the current session (shadow session support). The user’s current session may be an X2Go session itself or simply a local X11 session. This package contains all the integration and configuration logics of a system-wide manageable desktop sharing setup.

We can use yum or dnf to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver-desktopsharing.

Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install x2goserver-desktopsharing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing

Install x2goserver-desktopsharing 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 x2goserver-desktopsharing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing

How To Uninstall x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the x2goserver-desktopsharing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x2goserver-desktopsharing

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.