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wiki:obsolete:x2goserver-installation [2011/06/07 12:25]
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wiki:obsolete:x2goserver-installation [2013/03/08 13:31]
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 ====== Installation of X2go Server ====== ====== Installation of X2go Server ======
 :!: **Before you begin!** :!: **Before you begin!**
-> Please make sure that you have added the x2go repository to your package management system. The required steps are described here: [[adding the x2go repository (Debian)|Debian]], [[adding the x2go repository (Ubuntu)|Ubuntu]] (depending on the distro that you have chosen for your X2go server).+> Please make sure that you have added the X2go repository to your package management system. The required steps are described here: [[wiki:x2go-repository-debian|Debian]], [[wiki:x2go-repository-ubuntu|Ubuntu]] (depending on the distro that you have chosen for your X2go server).
  
 X2go server uses quite a list of free software tools (SSH, sshfs, Pulseaudio, NX tools+libraries, etc.) to allow remote access to your GNU/Linux system. Amongst others it uses a database backend for storing session information at its core. This database backend can either be SQLite (a file based db type) or PostgreSQL (a very common server/client based db). Depending on your use case you should choose one or the other. X2go server uses quite a list of free software tools (SSH, sshfs, Pulseaudio, NX tools+libraries, etc.) to allow remote access to your GNU/Linux system. Amongst others it uses a database backend for storing session information at its core. This database backend can either be SQLite (a file based db type) or PostgreSQL (a very common server/client based db). Depending on your use case you should choose one or the other.
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 $ aptitude install x2goserver $ aptitude install x2goserver
 </code> </code>
 +to install x2goserver with all dependencies.
  
 There should not be anything further to do apart from this step. There should not be anything further to do apart from this step.
 +
 +You have to create the sqlite database with 
 +
 +<code>
 +$ x2godbadmin --createdb
 +</code>
 +You find the database with session details in **/var/lib/x2go**.
  
 Maybe, you want to take an additional look at the desktop environment bindings, that the X2go project offers: [[installing the KDE (4.*) bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2goplasmoidbindings]], [[installing the GNOME (2.*) bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2gognomebindings]], [[installing the LXDE bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2golxdebindings]] and (the currently unstable package) [[installing the Trinity bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2gotrinitybindings]]. Maybe, you want to take an additional look at the desktop environment bindings, that the X2go project offers: [[installing the KDE (4.*) bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2goplasmoidbindings]], [[installing the GNOME (2.*) bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2gognomebindings]], [[installing the LXDE bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2golxdebindings]] and (the currently unstable package) [[installing the Trinity bindings (Debian/Ubuntu)|x2gotrinitybindings]].