How To Install x2goserver-printing on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-printing on CentOS 7. x2goserver-printing is X2Go Server printing support

Introduction

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

What is x2goserver-printing

The X2Go Server printing package provides client-side printing support for X2Go. This package has to be installed on X2Go servers that shall be able to pass X2Go print jobs on to the X2Go client. This package co-operates with the cups-x2go CUPS backend. If CUPS server and X2Go server are hosted on different machines, then make sure you install this package on the X2Go server(s) (and the cups-x2go package on the CUPS server).

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

Install x2goserver-printing 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-printing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x2goserver-printing

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

sudo dnf -y install x2goserver-printing

How To Uninstall x2goserver-printing on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove x2goserver-printing

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Summary

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