Ubuntu 16.04: Connect to KDE desktop environment via XRDP


Table of Contents

1 Install KDE desktop environment

Install KDE desktop environment with this.

2 Install TigerVNC

Install TigerVNC with the following script.

#!/bin/shset -e# Install TigerVNC.sudo apt remove -y vnc4serversudo apt-get install -y git devscripts xserver-xorg-devmkdir tigervnccd tigervncgit clone tigervnc/git checkout ff872614b507d0aa8bfbd09ef41550390cfe658aln -s contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-xenial/debianchmod a+x debian/rulessudo apt install -y $(dpkg-checkbuilddeps 2>&1 | sed -e ‘s/.*build dependencies://g’ -e ‘s/([^)]*)//g’)fakeroot debian/rules binarycd ..sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb || (sudo apt -f install -y && sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb)cd ..

3 Install XRDP

Install XRDP.

$ sudo apt install -y xrdp

4 Create ~/.xsession

Create .xsession in home directory of user to be connected.

$ echo “startkde” > ~/.xsession

5 Connect to KDE desktop environment via XRDP

The rdesktop connection is as the following.

0001_xrdp-kde.png

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