How to Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

This article describes How to Install xrdp Remote Desktop on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

Rdesktop is an implementation of a client software for Microsoft's proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Rdesktop is free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License (GPL), xrdp is used to connect Linux server from Windows machine.

Note:
If you have installed RHEL/CentOS Minimal Install, then refer our previous article to Install GUI Environment on CentOS 6

http://www.admincool.com/2017/12/install-gui-environment-on-centos-6.html

Prerequisites:

Install EPEL repository on CentOS 6

32 Bit

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

64 Bit

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm