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Installing the Qt-based X2Go Client
MS Windows
Quick
Detailed
Download latest x2goclient for Windows and install. Administrator rights required for a normal install.
Older versions are still available.
Versions prior to 3.99.0.2 may have problems connecting to x2goserver if an antivirus product is installed on the client (even if it is disabled/inactive). If you cannot use 3.99.0.2 or later, try using version 3.01-13.
Xquartz (required by X2Go Client)
The X2Go OS X client uses the OS X X11 server which can be obtained from here.
To make clipboard copy and paste — ⌘+V work normally use this one command:
X2Go Client
Download the appropriate disk image from Download X2Go for OS X™.
If there are multiple options, choose the one closest to your current operating system’s version number. Do not try to use a build that is targeted at a higher OS X version number then you currently have.
Afterwards, open the disk image and “install” x2goclient.app as you would any other App Bundle by dragging it into /Applications/.
System Preferences Config
To use print, local media sharing, and sound, one must also enable Remote Login in the System Preferences.
Ubuntu / Debian
Quick
X2Go Client is part of Ubuntu 12.04 & later, as well as Debian Wheezy & Jessie. Install it using the software center or by following command:
Detailed
The x2goclient package will install x2goclient on your GNU/Linux system and will make sure, that every needed package will be installed as dependency.
You can now start X2Go Client by typing x2goclient at the command-line or you’ll find it inside the “Internet” section of your menu inside your graphical desktop environment.
If your version does not include X2Go or you want to try that latest builds (it always takes some time until a new version arrives in the official repositories) you can add our repositories:
Raspbian
Quick
X2Go Client is part of Raspbian Wheezy & Jessie. Install it using the software center or by following command:
Detailed
The x2goclient package will install x2goclient on your GNU/Linux system and will make sure, that every needed package will be installed as dependency.
You can now start X2Go Client by typing x2goclient at the command-line or you’ll find it inside the “Internet” section of your menu inside your graphical desktop environment.
If your version does not include X2Go or you want to try that latest builds (it always takes some time until a new version arrives in the official repositories) you can add our repositories:
Fedora
X2Go Client is part of Fedora 19 and later. Install it using the software installer or the following command:
Redhat
You need to add our or the official EPEL repository:
Slackware
SlackBuilds for x2goclient are available on SlackBuilds.org:
FreeBSD
X2Go Client is available via FreshPorts:
GNU/Linux with installation from source tarball
The sources of this X2Go component are available as source tarballs.
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Windows-Specific Release notes for X2Go Client 4.1.2.0
Major Windows-specific changes since 4.1.1.1-2018.03.1
Current Release
The installer, x2goclient-4.1.2.0-2018.06.22-setup.exe , is available under this folder:
Supported Windows Versions
X2Go Client is currently only released as a 32-bit x86 build. Both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86 versions of Windows are supported via this build.
These versions of Windows without the latest (specified) service pack / major update are probably compatible, but are rarely (if ever) tested. They are not officially supported.
Corresponding server versions of Windows are also supported, but receive minimal testing:
This is the 1st release to drop support for XP & Vista. Although it is probably possible to still use them by specifying an external X server under x2goclient Options → Settings, or simply replacing the x2goclient\VcXsrv folder.
Installation Instructions
Windows-Specific Bug Fixes
nx-libs issue 600 When you connect to an x2go server with nx-libs 3.6 beta (3.5.99.x) rather than nx-libs 3.5.0.x stable, you would likely experience the Desktop flashing when maximizing window. (Despite the title of the issue, it can be experienced with a single screen/monitor on Windows.) Many Linux distros have included nx-libs 3.6 beta, such as Fedora 28 & Ubuntu 18.04 . (x2goserver 4.1.0.0 added support for nx-libs 3.6 beta, so it is correlated with it.)
bug 1156 Folder sharing and client-side printing fix for Windows 10+
Noteworthy Windows-Specific Bugs
bug 611 The server cannot be added to the known_hosts file (and thus you cannot connect to the server) when both of these conditions are met: 1. Your Windows username has non-English characters. 2 Those characters are in a different language than the Windows “system locale”.
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Windows-Specific Release notes for X2Go Client 4.0.2.0
Security Update: 4.0.2.0+build4
On 2014-06-08, 4.0.2.0+build4 was released with the following changes:
All users of 4.0.2.0+build3 and earlier are strongly encouraged to update to 4.0.2.0+build4. This includes users of the “misc” fonts and “full” fonts builds.
Security Update: 4.0.2.0+build3
On 2014-06-08, 4.0.2.0+build3 was released with the following changes:
All users of 4.0.2.0+build2 and earlier are strongly encouraged to update to 4.0.2.0+build3. This includes users of the “misc” fonts and “full” fonts builds.
Security Update: 4.0.2.0+build2
On 2014-05-27, 4.0.2.0+build2 was released with the following changes:
All users of 4.0.2.0 and earlier are strongly encouraged to update to 4.0.2.0+build2. This includes users of the “misc” fonts and “full” fonts builds.
Major Windows-specific changes since 4.0.1.3+build2
Continued compatibility with Windows XP
Since version 3.99.0.0, X2Go Client for Windows has bundled VcXsrv. VcXsrv is the only port of the X.org X Server to Windows that is both actively maintained and open source.
However, recent versions of VcXsrv have dropped compatibility with Windows XP.
In order to maintain XP compatibility, the X2Go project has rebuilt VcXsrv 1.14.3 with MSVC 2012’s v110_xp toolset instead of the v110 toolset. Fixes for the VcXsrv vulnerabilities since 1.14.3 (CVE-2013-4396 & CVE-2013-6462) were backported. We have numbered this version of VcXsrv as “1.14.3.1”. (Now updated to “1.14.3.2”.)
For the time being, the source code to this version of VcXsrv is available here:
And binary installer builds are available here:
We are currently attempting to upstream these changes on a separate branch of VcXsrv.
Also, note that the X2Go Project strongly urges all its users to migrate away from Windows XP now that Microsoft will no longer provide any more security patches for it. We are providing continued compatibility with Windows XP because X2Go Client can be part of an organization’s solution to migrate away from Windows XP to Linux. (Because with X2Go, the user’s applications run on Linux, not on Windows.) We intend to maintain XP compatibility until at least April 30th 2015, unless major technical obstacles arise.
PulseAudio 5.0
PulseAudio 5.0 is now bundled instead of PulseAudio 1.1. Furthermore, 5.0 has been patched to include the fix for bug #363 (choppy audio in Flash Player). This eliminates the need for a separate “interims” builds with PulseAudio 0.9.6
Special thanks to Tanu Kaskinen and other members of the upstream PulseAudio project for making this possible.
PulseAudio 5.0 win32 is built via the OBS here:
And a .zip file with the binaries is available here:
Available Builds
All builds with version “4.0.2.0+build4” in their filename are current.
Current Builds
The regular build is available here:
The “misc” fonts build is available here. See the “Noteworthy Windows-Specific Bugs” below for more info.
The “full” fonts build is available here. See the “Noteworthy Windows-Specific Bugs” below for more info.
A debug build is available here. If you experience a bug and would like to assist with debugging it, this build is for you. It does not include any of the fonts.
Previous Builds
The regular build is available here:
The “misc” fonts build is available here. See the “Noteworthy Windows-Specific Bugs” below for more info.
The “full” fonts build is available here. See the “Noteworthy Windows-Specific Bugs” below for more info.
A debug build is available here. If you experience a bug and would like to assist with debugging it, this build is for you. It does not include any of the fonts.
Compatible Windows Versions
X2Go Client is currently only released as a 32-bit x86 build. Both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86 versions of Windows are supported via this build.
These versions of Windows without the latest (specified) service pack may be compatible, but are rarely (if ever) tested.
Corresponding server versions of Windows are also compatible, but receive minimal testing:
Any incompatibility or bug with a specific version of Windows should be reported via our bug-tracker.
Installation Instructions
Windows-Specific Bug Fixes
As mentioned in the regular release notes:
The following bugfixes are not mentioned in the regular release notes. (They are not mentioned in the regular release notes because they do not consist of fixes to X2GoClient’s source code, only to the dependencies bundled.):