How To Install x2gobroker-ssh 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 x2gobroker-ssh on Ubuntu.
What is x2gobroker-ssh
x2gobroker-ssh is:
X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session brokerage support - client side mass storage mounting support - client side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick
The session broker is a server tool for X2Go that tells your X2Go Client application in a terminal server cluster what servers and session types are most appropriate for the user in front of the X2Go terminal.
A session broker is most useful in load balanced X2Go server farms.
This add-on package provides fully-featured SSH brokerage support (with access to broker agents on remote X2Go Servers).
There are three methods to install x2gobroker-ssh 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 x2gobroker-ssh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x2gobroker-ssh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2gobroker-ssh
Install x2gobroker-ssh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2gobroker-ssh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2gobroker-ssh
Install x2gobroker-ssh 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 x2gobroker-ssh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2gobroker-ssh
How To Uninstall x2gobroker-ssh on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the x2gobroker-ssh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2gobroker-ssh
Uninstall x2gobroker-ssh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2gobroker-ssh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2gobroker-ssh
Remove x2gobroker-ssh Configurations and Data
To remove x2gobroker-ssh configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2gobroker-ssh
Remove x2gobroker-ssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2gobroker-ssh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2gobroker-ssh
Dependencies
x2gobroker-ssh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gobroker-ssh package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.