How To Install remmina 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 on Ubuntu.

What is `remmina`

remmina 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.

There are three methods to install remmina 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install remmina

Install remmina Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remmina using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remmina

Install remmina 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remmina

How To Uninstall remmina on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the remmina package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remmina

Uninstall remmina And Its Dependencies

To uninstall remmina and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina

Remove remmina Configurations and Data

To remove remmina configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge remmina

Remove remmina configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove remmina configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina

Dependencies

remmina have the following dependencies:

References

remmina website

Summary

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