How To Install x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 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 x2gothinclient-displaymanager
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2gothinclient-displaymanager
How To Uninstall x2gothinclient-displaymanager on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-displaymanager
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.