Packaging

Starting with version 6, xpra packages make extensive use of sub-packages. This allows users to install only the components they need, drastically reducing the number of packages installed, saving disk-space and reducing the attack surface. It also allows multiple versions of xpra to be installed in parallel on the same system, as long as each one uses a different python interpreter.

For example:

• Wayland clients no longer need to install the xpra-x11 component
• xpra-client (default python3.12 interpreter) and python3.10-xpra-client can coexist on Fedora
• installations that do not use network connections can omit all xpra-codecs* packages
• pure server installations no longer need to install the xpra-client-gtk3 package and its dependencies

Assuming that the https://xpra.org/ repositories are installed correctly, installing xpra using your package manager should install the client and server components as well as most picture codecs and audio support. For slimmer installations, you may also want to use apt's --no-install-recommends or dnf's --setopt=install_weak_deps=False and select individual xpra sub-packages:

|Package|Details| |---------------------|---------------| |xpra-filesystem|this package contains configuration files and is independent of the python version
See multiple python targets (version 6 onwards)| |xpra-common|this package is required by all the other sub-packages| |xpra-client|console clients: xpra stop, xpra info, etc| |xpra-client-gtk3|the main client GUI for connecting to sessions: xpra attach, xpra launcher, etc| |xpra-server|for starting sessions locally: xpra start, xpra desktop, xpra shadow, etc| |xpra-x11|required for all X11 server session types (ie: xpra start and xpra desktop) and for X11 clients| |xpra-audio|audio forwarding support for both client and server| |xpra-codecs|core picture compression codecs| |xpra-codecs-extras|more video compression codecs with heavier footprint and / or licensing requirements| |xpra-codecs-nvidia|extra proprietary NVidia codecs: nvenc, nvjpeg, nvdec, nvfbc, etc|

Please avoid broken downstream distribution packages.