How To Install freerdp2-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-x11
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is freerdp2-x11
freerdp2-x11 is:
FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Currently, the FreeRDP client supports the following Windows Versions:
- Windows NT Server
- Windows 2000 Terminal Server
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2008/2008r2/2011SBS Server
- Windows 7
- Windows 2012/2012r2 Server
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
This package contains the X11 based client. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Package: freerdp2-x11 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 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: 1331 Provides: freerdp Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfreerdp-client2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1), libfreerdp2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20181120.1.e21b72c95+dfsg1), libwinpr2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxcursor1 (» 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.5.0), libxrender1, libxv1 Conflicts: freerdp-x11 Replaces: freerdp-x11 Filename: pool/universe/f/freerdp2/freerdp2-x11_2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb Size: 260712 MD5sum: 722e8f5619b0e835230f9611752bfcb4 SHA1: e77ea6bda999b326a117e8c46ec1a5dd19ebfc93 SHA256: 21202c1296bfedcec00b51d5e2ca3252df28983acac50518c4156904ef0189db Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/ Description-en: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (X11 client) FreeRDP is a libre client/server implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Currently, the FreeRDP client supports the following Windows Versions:
- Windows NT Server
- Windows 2000 Terminal Server
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2008/2008r2/2011SBS Server
- Windows 7
- Windows 2012/2012r2 Server
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
This package contains the X11 based client. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
There are three methods to install freerdp2-x11
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-x11 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-x11
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freerdp2-x11
Install freerdp2-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freerdp2-x11
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freerdp2-x11
Install freerdp2-x11 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-x11
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freerdp2-x11
How To Uninstall freerdp2-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the freerdp2-x11
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freerdp2-x11
Uninstall freerdp2-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freerdp2-x11
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freerdp2-x11
Remove freerdp2-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove freerdp2-x11
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freerdp2-x11
Remove freerdp2-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freerdp2-x11
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freerdp2-x11
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-x11
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.