Update rdp-server.md to add instructions to add EPEL repository

[rjys365]

Add instructions to add EPEL repository before installing xrdp

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[rjys365]

The guide involves installing xrdp, a package in EPEL, but didn't mention how to add it, which may lead to confusion to beginners. I added the info on this before the instruction to install xrdp.

Btw, is there some templates to instruct how to add EPEL repository so that it can be easily added before any instructions on EPEL software installation?

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[wsoyinka]

The guide involves installing xrdp, a package in EPEL, but didn't mention how to add it, which may lead to confusion to beginners. I added the info on this before the instruction to install xrdp.

Btw, is there some templates to instruct how to add EPEL repository so that it can be easily added before any instructions on EPEL software installation?

Thank you @rjys365 :-)

We don't have any such templates. Also it might be an overkill to include it or expect it to be included it in every doc/guide. We leave that decision up to the original author.

[rjys365]

Also it might be an overkill to include it or expect it to be included it in every doc/guide.

@wsoyinka I see, that sounds reasonable. I'm just kinda curious of whether that kinds of template exists so that I'm not doing redundant work. :)

However, the original tutorial didn't mention anything about EPEL, and the following statement suggests that the tutorial may be targeted to all Rocky Linux users including beginners:

For beginners, you will be using RDP. RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol, and it does exactly what that implies...

You need an RDP server to make your Rocky Linux desktop-accessible remotely. For our purposes, 'xrdp' will more than suffice. You'll need to use the terminal for it, though, as it's a CLI-only program.

So (suppose that) when some beginner on a default Rocky install types sudo dnf install xrdp into the shell and see the error message Error: Unable to find a match: xrdp , I guess it would be somehow confusing. So I wonder if it is appropriate to add my short piece about how to add EPEL into the tutorial.

Thanks for your time and patience.

[sspencerwire]

Thank you @rjys365

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[wsoyinka]

Also it might be an overkill to include it or expect it to be included it in every doc/guide.

@wsoyinka I see, that sounds reasonable. I'm just kinda curious of whether that kinds of template exists so that I'm not doing redundant work. :)

However, the original tutorial didn't mention anything about EPEL, and the following statement suggests that the tutorial may be targeted to all Rocky Linux users including beginners:

For beginners, you will be using RDP. RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol, and it does exactly what that implies...

You need an RDP server to make your Rocky Linux desktop-accessible remotely. For our purposes, 'xrdp' will more than suffice. You'll need to use the terminal for it, though, as it's a CLI-only program.

So (suppose that) when some beginner on a default Rocky install types sudo dnf install xrdp into the shell and see the error message Error: Unable to find a match: xrdp , I guess it would be somehow confusing. So I wonder if it is appropriate to add my short piece about how to add EPEL into the tutorial.

Thanks for your time and patience.

Yes, you are right. We'll merge this. Thank you for taking the time to contribute this improvement :-)

p.s. - I've always been curious to know if we could make use of templates (or macros) in our documentation. It'll save authors some time and help with standardization too. If you want to volunteer to help us research and look into this, the starting point will be https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ . We rely on mkdocs-material. (mkdocs-material is a documentation framework built on top of MkDocs).

Cheers.

[rjys365]

Thank you for your approval. I currently don't have much time to commit myself to the edition of the tutorial wiki, but I would check the documentation you mentioned if I have more spare time some day. The awesome guides of Rocky linux such as WordPress installation have helped me a lot and it is my pleasure to contribute to your project.