How To Install freerdp2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is freerdp2-dev
freerdp2-dev is:
FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This package contains the FreeRDP development files.
Package: freerdp2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2 Priority: optional Section: devel Source: freerdp2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 789 Depends: libfreerdp-client2-2 (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), libfreerdp-server2-2 (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2 (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), libfreerdp-shadow2-2 (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), libfreerdp2-2 (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), libwinpr2-dev (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2), winpr-utils (= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2) Filename: pool/main/f/freerdp2/freerdp2-dev_2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb Size: 105120 MD5sum: f9b3f7b5f21e5f224b25d82fd30bbcb5 SHA1: 57daef006f9ffe6035858bc33472a1953ba4a2a7 SHA256: 7c2771fda93ecd12179fa74216a1245f2b9a2496db35bdac29f282af98fb97b3 Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/ Description-en: Free Remote Desktop Protocol library (development files) FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This package contains the FreeRDP development files.
There are three methods to install freerdp2-dev 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 freerdp2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-dev
Install freerdp2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freerdp2-dev
Install freerdp2-dev 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 freerdp2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freerdp2-dev
How To Uninstall freerdp2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the freerdp2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freerdp2-dev
Uninstall freerdp2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freerdp2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freerdp2-dev
Remove freerdp2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove freerdp2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freerdp2-dev
Remove freerdp2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freerdp2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freerdp2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
