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What is the difference between libfreerdp-dev and freerdp-x11?

Does installing libfreerdp-dev also install RDP server? What is xrdp?

I need to install RDP server but don't know which is what.

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libfreerdp-dev (as the dev indicates) is for development - writing code that makes use of the FreeRDP library. freerdp-x11 is an RDP client (that is built on the FreeRDP library).

Does installing libfreerdp-dev also install RDP server?

No.

What is xrdp?

xrdp is an RDP server. If you want to install an RDP server, this is one.

In case you don't know what a package is for, run apt-cache show <package-name>, and read the Description. For example:

$ apt-cache show libfreerdp-dev xrdp
Package: libfreerdp-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 329
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Source: freerdp
Version: 1.0.2-2ubuntu1
Depends: libfreerdp1 (= 1.0.2-2ubuntu1), libfreerdp-plugins-standard (= 1.0.2-2ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/f/freerdp/libfreerdp-dev_1.0.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 52978
MD5sum: d6c5168d4b415a5346fc2708667e81a2
SHA1: ebbff4b0d9804194f22500f9ec2b98745328c642
SHA256: fbf8ad8ef6a416fc14b85fa73e1a76bb96eb77bd896086d78111ff16cab1cf6b
Description: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (development)
Description-md5: a097a02e403e05e19dd894fd2672c390
Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m

Package: xrdp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1565
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libx11-6, libxfixes3, adduser
Recommends: vnc4server | tightvncserver | vnc-server
Filename: pool/universe/x/xrdp/xrdp_0.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 277112
MD5sum: 9e5534c9bfaae97b7955508a9d679d73
SHA1: 401725647f4eef969fba6cdc630dc5ef66481c32
SHA256: 272d93eb4d1256a0a4cb4eac75266f882da52e258565b349f9107b001f0cbb82
Description: Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server
Description-md5: b98c1889e17be6136503794b3491891b
Homepage: http://xrdp.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

The Descriptions for libfreerdp-dev reads:

RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (development)

And that of xrdp:

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server
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  • thanks, its clear now. one thing more- do you perhaps know what this error comes from xrdp_mm_process_login_response:login failed ? do i need to install anything more ? i am logging from win7 to ubuntu(rdp) – ubuntuser Jan 06 '16 at 02:24