How To Install x2goserver-extensions on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-extensions
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is x2goserver-extensions
x2goserver-extensions 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
The X2Go Server extension namespace offers contributors to add script functionality to X2Go that is not needed/ignored by the legacy X2Go client (x2goclient).
There are three methods to install x2goserver-extensions
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-extensions 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-extensions
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-extensions
Install x2goserver-extensions Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-extensions
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goserver-extensions
Install x2goserver-extensions 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-extensions
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-extensions
How To Uninstall x2goserver-extensions on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the x2goserver-extensions
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-extensions
Uninstall x2goserver-extensions And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goserver-extensions
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-extensions
Remove x2goserver-extensions Configurations and Data
To remove x2goserver-extensions
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-extensions
Remove x2goserver-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-extensions
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-extensions
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-extensions
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.