How To Install x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Kali Linux. x2gothinclient-displaymanager is login daemon starting x2goclient in displaymanager mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Kali Linux.

What is x2gothinclient-displaymanager

x2gothinclient-displaymanager is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session broker support - client-side mass storage mounting support - client-side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick

x2gothinclient-displaymanager:

IMPORTANT: Use this Package only for the X2Go Thin Client Environment (This package is meant to be installed in a CHROOT environment!!!)

This package starts X2Go Client in fullscreen mode—without window decorations, without menu and toolbar and optionally with enabled session broker support.

This package ships the core X2Go Thin Client daemon that guards over X2Go Client functionality.

X2Go Client in thin-client-mode will behave like xdm, kdm or gdm.

There are three methods to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install x2gothinclient-displaymanager Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-displaymanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Install x2gothinclient-displaymanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-displaymanager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Install x2gothinclient-displaymanager Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-displaymanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2gothinclient-displaymanager

How To Uninstall x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the x2gothinclient-displaymanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Uninstall x2gothinclient-displaymanager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x2gothinclient-displaymanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Remove x2gothinclient-displaymanager Configurations and Data

To remove x2gothinclient-displaymanager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Remove x2gothinclient-displaymanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x2gothinclient-displaymanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2gothinclient-displaymanager

Dependencies

x2gothinclient-displaymanager have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.