xrdp provides a graphical login to remote machines using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol). xrdp accepts connections from variety of RDP clients: FreeRDP, rdesktop, NeutrinoRDP and Microsoft Remote Desktop Client (for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android).
As Windows-to-Windows Remote Desktop can, xrdp supports not only graphics remoting but also
- two-way clipboard transfer (text, bitmap, file)
- audio redirection
- drive redirection (mount local client drives on remote machine)
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Wine on an Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) server.
Install XRDP on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Step 2. Installing XRDP on Ubuntu 18.04.
Now, Run the following command to install xrdp on Ubuntu:
sudo apt install xrdp
After installing, Setup the Xsession file for xrdp.Run the following command:
echo mate-session> ~/.xsession
Now, Install Mate-Core Package. To install mate-core package, you need to run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mate-core
Step 3. Configure firewall.
Allow just RDP through the local firewall:
sudo ufw allow 3389/tcp
You should be able to connect now. I use Remmina to connect from my laptop running Ubuntu. Windows users have a RDP connection application by default on their machine.
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed XRDP. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing XRDP open source remote desktop protocol on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official XRDP web site.