How To Install x2goserver-extensions 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 x2goserver-extensions on Ubuntu.
What is x2goserver-extensions
x2goserver-extensions 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 X2Go Server extension namespace offers contributors to add script functionality to X2Go that is not needed/ignored by the legacy X2Go client (x2goclient).
There are three methods to install x2goserver-extensions 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 x2goserver-extensions Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-extensions using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-extensions
Install x2goserver-extensions Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-extensions using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x2goserver-extensions
Install x2goserver-extensions 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 x2goserver-extensions using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-extensions
How To Uninstall x2goserver-extensions on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the x2goserver-extensions package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-extensions
Uninstall x2goserver-extensions And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x2goserver-extensions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-extensions
Remove x2goserver-extensions Configurations and Data
To remove x2goserver-extensions configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-extensions
Remove x2goserver-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-extensions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-extensions
Dependencies
x2goserver-extensions have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-extensions package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.