How To Install nxproxy 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 nxproxy on Ubuntu.
What is nxproxy
nxproxy is:
NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.
This package provides the NX proxy (client) binary.
There are three methods to install nxproxy 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 nxproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nxproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nxproxy
Install nxproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nxproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nxproxy
Install nxproxy 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 nxproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nxproxy
How To Uninstall nxproxy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nxproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nxproxy
Uninstall nxproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nxproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nxproxy
Remove nxproxy Configurations and Data
To remove nxproxy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nxproxy
Remove nxproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nxproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nxproxy
Dependencies
nxproxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nxproxy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.