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Antoine Martin edited this page Aug 22, 2024 · 72 revisions

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Downloads are listed here for all the supported platforms.
For most use cases, you can install any supported version on both client and server.

The source can be downloaded directly from https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra, or using release snapshots:

Signatures Signatures

All the binary downloads are signed using the PGP key https://xpra.org/xpra.asc aka F18AD6BB, the key fingerprint is B499 3B57 3231 48E3 7977 E5D8 7325 4CAD 1797 8FAF.
For rather tedious reasons, you may need to import two almost identical versions of this key to use the repositories on Debian systems.


MS Windows Microsoft Windows

Download Formats

The microsoft windows download directory contains:

Format Purpose
EXE General purpose installer
MSI alternative installer for unattended installations
ZIP local installation without administrative rights
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Format Light Build GPG Signature Full Build GPG Signature
EXE Xpra-Light-x86_64_Setup.exe authentication icon Xpra-x86_64_Setup.exe authentication icon
MSI Xpra-Light-x86_64.msi authentication icon Xpra-Light-x86_64.msi authentication icon
ZIP Xpra-Light.zip authentication icon Xpra-Light.zip authentication icon

The Light builds have more limited codec support and do not include any of the server components, which is why those builds use a lot less disk space.

The beta builds can be found here: https://xpra.org/beta/windows/

You can also install xpra using MSYS2 by running pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-xpra. There are downsides to this installation method: no nvidia codecs or file association. You can control some of the components and dependencies manually, though this is not easy.


MacOS MacOS

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The Mac OSX downloads directory contains:

Format Purpose Download Link GPG Signature
x86_64 DMG Disk Image Xpra.dmg authentication icon
x86_64 PKG PKG Installer Xpra.pkg authentication icon
arm64 DMG Disk Image Xpra.dmg authentication icon
arm64 PKG PKG Installer Xpra.pkg authentication icon

These MacOS packages are not notarized, please see Can't you just right click? for installation.

If MacOS complains that the application is damaged, run: sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Xpra.app

The beta MacOS builds can be found here: https://xpra.org/beta/MacOS


Linux Linux

The Linux stable repositories are all found here: https://xpra.org/dists/
The beta repositories are here: https://xpra.org/beta/

Automated repository installation for supported distributions (Fedora, RHEL and clones, Debian and Ubuntu):

git clone https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra
cd xpra
./setup.py install-repo

Then you can just install xpra using your package manager.

Sub-packages

Starting with version 6, xpra packages make extensive use of sub-packages.

As long as you avoid buggy downstream packages, installing xpra using your package manager should install the client and server components as well as most picture codecs and audio support.

RPM for RPM distributions:

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  • download the chosen repository file (stable or beta) into /etc/yum.repos.d as root, ie: for Fedora:
wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/xpra.repo https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xpra-org/xpra/master/packaging/repos/Fedora/xpra.repo
  • dnf install xpra
Distribution Stable Repository file Beta Repository File Extra Notes
Fedora xpra.repo xpra-beta.repo
AlmaLinux xpra.repo xpra-beta.repo enable crb and EPEL
RockyLinux xpra.repo xpra-beta.repo enable crb and EPEL
RedHat Enterprise Linux use AlmaLinux repository use AlmaLinux repository
CentOS use AlmaLinux repository use AlmaLinux repository
CentOS Stream xpra.repo xpra-beta.repo
OracleLinux xpra.repo xpra-beta.repo

Starting with version 5, the RPM packages depend on rpmfusion packages for some codecs, RHEL and clones also depend on EPEL packages.
To enable crb: dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
Should you wish to do so, you can also build your own packages.

Debian for Debian based distributions:

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  • ensure the SSL certificates are up to date: sudo apt install ca-certificates
  • import the key used for signing the packages (newer Debian releases require a newer key, a newer sources format, etc):
    sudo wget -O "/usr/share/keyrings/xpra.asc" https://xpra.org/xpra.asc
    (if the file already exists, you may hit some problems )
  • download the appropriate repository file (see table below) into /etc/apt/sources.list.d as root:
    cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d ; wget $REPOFILE
  • then run apt update ; apt install xpra
Distribution Stable Repository file Beta Repository File
Debian Bullseye xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Debian Bookworm xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Debian Trixie (*) use beta only until ABI is stable xpra-beta.sources
Debian Sid (*) use beta only xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (*) xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Focal Fossa xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Mantic Minotaur xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Noble Nombat xpra.sources xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (*) use beta only until ABI is stable xpra-beta.sources

The DEB repositories may require the "universe" repository source to be activated to get all the features.
(*) Distributions that do not provide a stable ABI should enable the beta repository.
(*) Older distributions can only run xpra 3.1.x and not later versions.


Step by step example for installing the stable repository on Ubuntu Noble Numbat

Execute these commands as root (ie: using `sudo):

DISTRO=noble
#install https support for apt (which may be installed already):
apt update
apt install apt-transport-https software-properties-common
apt install ca-certificates
# add xpra GPG key:
wget -O "/usr/share/keyrings/xpra.asc" https://xpra.org/xpra.asc
# add the xpra repository:
wget -O "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/xpra.sources" https://xpra.org/repos/$DISTRO/xpra.sources
# add the optional beta channel:
# wget -O "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/xpra-beta.sources" https://xpra.org/repos/$DISTRO/xpra-beta.sources
# install the xpra package:
apt update
apt install xpra

For other distributions, simply change DISTRO to match your distribution name.