How To Install x2goserver-xsession on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-xsession
on Debian 11.
What is x2goserver-xsession
x2goserver-xsession 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
This X2Go Server add-on enables Xsession script handling when starting desktop sessions with X2Go.
Amongst others the parsing of Xsession scripts will enable desktop-profiles, ssh-agent startups, gpgagent startups and many more Xsession related features on X2Go session login automagically.
There are three methods to install x2goserver-xsession
on Debian 11. 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-xsession 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-xsession
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-xsession
Install x2goserver-xsession Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-xsession
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goserver-xsession
Install x2goserver-xsession 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-xsession
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-xsession
How To Uninstall x2goserver-xsession on Debian 11
To uninstall only the x2goserver-xsession
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-xsession
Uninstall x2goserver-xsession And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goserver-xsession
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-xsession
Remove x2goserver-xsession Configurations and Data
To remove x2goserver-xsession
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-xsession
Remove x2goserver-xsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-xsession
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-xsession
Dependencies
x2goserver-xsession have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-xsession
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.