How To Install remmina-common 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 remmina-common on Ubuntu.
What is remmina-common
remmina-common is:
Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.
Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface.
Currently RDP, VNC, SPICE, WWW, X2Go, EXEC and SSH are supported.
This package contains the common files.
There are three methods to install remmina-common 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 remmina-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install remmina-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install remmina-common
Install remmina-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install remmina-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install remmina-common
Install remmina-common 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 remmina-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install remmina-common
How To Uninstall remmina-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the remmina-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove remmina-common
Uninstall remmina-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall remmina-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-common
Remove remmina-common Configurations and Data
To remove remmina-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-common
Remove remmina-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove remmina-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-common
Dependencies
remmina-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.