How To Install x2goserver 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 on Ubuntu.

What is `x2goserver`

x2goserver 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

This package contains the main daemon and tools for X2Go server-side session administrations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver

Install x2goserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install x2goserver

Install x2goserver 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver

How To Uninstall x2goserver on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove x2goserver

Uninstall x2goserver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver

Remove x2goserver Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver

Remove x2goserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver

Dependencies

x2goserver have the following dependencies:

References

x2goserver website

Summary

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