How To Install x2goserver-xsession 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-xsession on Ubuntu.

What is x2goserver-xsession

x2goserver-xsession 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 X2Go Server add-on enables Xsession script handling when starting desktop sessions with X2Go.

Amongst others the parsing of Xsession scripts will enable desktop-profiles, ssh-agent startups, gpgagent startups and many more Xsession related features on X2Go session login automagically.

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

sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-xsession

Install x2goserver-xsession Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install x2goserver-xsession

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

sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-xsession

How To Uninstall x2goserver-xsession on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-xsession

Uninstall x2goserver-xsession And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-xsession

Remove x2goserver-xsession Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-xsession

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

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

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

Dependencies

x2goserver-xsession have the following dependencies:

• dbus
• perl

References

• x2goserver-xsession website

Summary

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