How To Install x2gothinclient-cdmanager 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 x2gothinclient-cdmanager on Ubuntu.

What is `x2gothinclient-cdmanager`

x2gothinclient-cdmanager is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with - session resuming - low bandwidth support - session broker support - client-side mass storage mounting support - client-side printing support - audio support - authentication by smartcard and USB stick

x2gothinclient-cdmanager:

IMPORTANT: Use this Package only for the x2go Thin Client Environment (This package is meant to be installed in a CHROOT environment!!!)

This package adds a client-side daemon to your X2Go Thin Client that enables automatic CD-ROM mounting within Thin Client X2Go sessions.

There are three methods to install x2gothinclient-cdmanager 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 x2gothinclient-cdmanager Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-cdmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Install x2gothinclient-cdmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x2gothinclient-cdmanager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Install x2gothinclient-cdmanager 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 x2gothinclient-cdmanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2gothinclient-cdmanager

How To Uninstall x2gothinclient-cdmanager on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the x2gothinclient-cdmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Uninstall x2gothinclient-cdmanager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x2gothinclient-cdmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Remove x2gothinclient-cdmanager Configurations and Data

To remove x2gothinclient-cdmanager configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Remove x2gothinclient-cdmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x2gothinclient-cdmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2gothinclient-cdmanager

Dependencies

x2gothinclient-cdmanager have the following dependencies:

References

x2gothinclient-cdmanager website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2gothinclient-cdmanager package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.