How To Install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. freerdp-plugins.x86_64 is Plugins for handling the standard RDP channels

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `freerdp-plugins.x86_64`

A set of plugins to the channel manager implementing the standard virtual channels extending RDP core functionality. For instance, sounds, clipboard sync, disk/printer redirection, etc.

We can use yum to install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freerdp-plugins.x86_64.

Install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freerdp-plugins.x86_64

How To Uninstall freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the freerdp-plugins.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove freerdp-plugins.x86_64

freerdp-plugins.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/freerdp/audin.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/audin_pulse.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/cliprdr.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/disk.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/drdynvc.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/parallel.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/printer.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/rail.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/rdpdbg.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/rdpdr.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/rdpsnd.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/rdpsnd_pulse.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/scard.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/serial.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/tsmf.so
/usr/lib64/freerdp/tsmf_pulse.so

References

freerdp-plugins.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freerdp-plugins.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.