How To Install freerdp2-x11 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-x11 on Ubuntu.

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.

There are three methods to install freerdp2-x11 on Ubuntu. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

freerdp2-x11 have the following dependencies:

References

freerdp2-x11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp2-x11 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.