How To Install x2goserver-fmbindings 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-fmbindings on Ubuntu.

What is `x2goserver-fmbindings`

x2goserver-fmbindings 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

x2goserver-fmbindings contains generic MIME type information for X2Go’s local folder sharing. It can be used with all freedesktop.org compliant desktop shells.

However, this package will be superseded by other, more specific destkop binding components, if installed and being used with the corresponding desktop shell:

under LXDE by x2golxdebindings
under GNOMEv2 by x2gognomebindings
under MATE by x2gomatebindings
under KDE4/5 by plasma-widget-x2go

There are three methods to install x2goserver-fmbindings 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-fmbindings 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-fmbindings using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-fmbindings

Install x2goserver-fmbindings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-fmbindings using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x2goserver-fmbindings

Install x2goserver-fmbindings 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-fmbindings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-fmbindings

How To Uninstall x2goserver-fmbindings on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the x2goserver-fmbindings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-fmbindings

Uninstall x2goserver-fmbindings And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x2goserver-fmbindings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-fmbindings

Remove x2goserver-fmbindings Configurations and Data

To remove x2goserver-fmbindings configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-fmbindings

Remove x2goserver-fmbindings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-fmbindings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-fmbindings

Dependencies

x2goserver-fmbindings have the following dependencies:

References

x2goserver-fmbindings website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-fmbindings package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.