How To Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x2goserver-desktopsharing.
Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install x2goserver-desktopsharing using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing
Install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install x2goserver-desktopsharing using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x2goserver-desktopsharing
How To Uninstall x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the x2goserver-desktopsharing package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove x2goserver-desktopsharing
x2goserver-desktopsharing Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/x2go/desktopsharing
/etc/x2go/desktopsharing/settings
/usr/bin/x2goresume-desktopsharing
/usr/bin/x2gosuspend-desktopsharing
/usr/bin/x2goterminate-desktopsharing
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/doc/x2goserver-desktopsharing/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/licenses/x2goserver-desktopsharing/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goresume-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2gosuspend-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/x2goterminate-desktopsharing.8.gz
/usr/share/x2go/versions/VERSION.x2goserver-desktopsharing
/usr/share/x2go/x2gofeature.d/x2goserver-desktopsharing.features
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-desktopsharing on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.