To install the Mate-desktop, issue the following command from the Terminal Session This post will show you how to install the Mate-Desktop and have it working with the xrdp software solution. Our preferred desktop alternative is Mate-Desktop. The workaround to this situation is to install an alternate desktop that can work with xrdp software solution. If you do not install another desktop environment, when you will try to connect to your Ubuntu machine, you will see only a gray screen.
Xrdp and Unity desktop (or Gnome 3) are not working well together. After entering your password, you will be asked to confirm your action by pressing Y (see screenshot below)Ĭlick on picture for better resolution Step 2 – Install an alternative Desktop To install the xrdp software from Ubuntu repository, you will need to issue the following command in a terminal.īecause of the sudo command, you will be prompted for a password. Installation Process Step 1 – Install XRDP Package from Ubuntu RepositoryĪ standard installation for us means that we will be using the xrdp package available within the Ubuntu repository.
So, let’s go Standard XRDP installation on Ubuntu 16.04 Assumptionsįor this post, we have make some assumptions. The process described to install xrdp on Ubuntu 16.04 is exactly the same as the one described for machines running Ubuntu 15.10. So, instead of going really deep into details, we will provide hereafter the necessary steps needs to be performed in order to have xrdp installed on your system. In the past, we have described how to install xrdp on the previous releases of Ubuntu( 15.10,15.04,14.10,14.04.). On the Windows machine, you do not need to install any tools, you simply use the standard and builtin tool Remote Desktop Connection. xrdp is basically a piece of software that allows you to remote desktop into your Ubuntu machine from a Windows computer. Xrdp is a great solution when you need to have coexistence between Windows machines and Linux machine. If you are working with Ubuntu since a long time, you know that no major changes have been introduced in the setup process and wizard. In our previous post, we have quickly provided a step by step instructions on how to perform a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04. If you want to use xRDP in conjunction with the Unity Desktop interface, please check the following post : XRDP – How To Remote Connect to Unity Desktop on Ubuntu 16.04
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