How To Install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc-reflector in Fedora 36. vnc-reflector is A specialized, multiplexing vnc proxy server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36.

What is `vnc-reflector`

Reflector is a specialized VNC server which acts as a proxy sitting between real VNC server (a host) and a number of VNC clients. It was designed to work efficiently with large number of clients.

We can use yum or dnf to install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vnc-reflector.

Install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vnc-reflector using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vnc-reflector

Install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vnc-reflector using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vnc-reflector

How To Uninstall vnc-reflector on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vnc-reflector package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vnc-reflector

vnc-reflector Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/vncreflector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/03c34351f02c1449620b5a231f691ff526fd31
/usr/share/doc/vnc-reflector
/usr/share/doc/vnc-reflector/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vnc-reflector/README
/usr/share/licenses/vnc-reflector
/usr/share/licenses/vnc-reflector/LICENSE

References

vnc-reflector website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc-reflector on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).