Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grdesktop
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is grdesktop
grdesktop is:
grdesktop is a GNOME frontend for the remote desktop client (rdesktop).
It can save several connections (including their options), and
browse the network for available terminal servers.
There are three methods to install grdesktop
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grdesktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grdesktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grdesktop
Install grdesktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grdesktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grdesktop
Install grdesktop 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 grdesktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grdesktop
How To Uninstall grdesktop on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the grdesktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grdesktop
Uninstall grdesktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grdesktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grdesktop
Remove grdesktop Configurations and Data
To remove grdesktop
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grdesktop
Remove grdesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grdesktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grdesktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grdesktop
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.