How To Install usbredirect 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 usbredirect on Ubuntu.
What is usbredirect
usbredirect is:
usbredirect is an usbredir client for exporting an USB device either as TCP client or server, for use from another (virtual) machine through the usbredir protocol.
There are three methods to install usbredirect 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 usbredirect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbredirect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbredirect
Install usbredirect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbredirect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbredirect
Install usbredirect 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 usbredirect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbredirect
How To Uninstall usbredirect on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the usbredirect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbredirect
Uninstall usbredirect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbredirect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbredirect
Remove usbredirect Configurations and Data
To remove usbredirect configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbredirect
Remove usbredirect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbredirect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbredirect
Dependencies
usbredirect have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbredirect package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.