How To Install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is x2goserver-printing
x2goserver-printing 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 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).
There are three methods to install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-printing 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-printing using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-printing
Install x2goserver-printing Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-printing using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goserver-printing
Install x2goserver-printing 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-printing using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-printing
How To Uninstall x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the x2goserver-printing package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-printing
Uninstall x2goserver-printing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goserver-printing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-printing
Remove x2goserver-printing Configurations and Data
To remove x2goserver-printing configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-printing
Remove x2goserver-printing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-printing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-printing
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-printing package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
