Installing XRDP

We will be installing xrdp, a service that allows us to remotely access our computer over the local network.  This is an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol and will work with any software that supports RDP.

Run this command in a terminal to install it:

sudo apt-get install -y xrdp

hitOnce Yinstalled, andwe Enter

can

verify that the service is running with the command:

sudo systemctl status xrdp

Once this is up and running we will install Lxde, a lightweight desktop environment for our remote desktop connection. 

sudo apt install xfce4

During the install, we will be asked to select our default display manager:manager. gdm3 Select 'gdm3'.

Once the install process completes, we need to select it for use by our remote desktop program.

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

This will open a configuration wizard, where we can select "/usr/bin/startxfce4".

SelectOnce /usr/bin/startxfce4

we

confirm our settings, we have successfully installed xrdp. 

You cannot remote desktop into your account while you are logged in through the desktop.