How To Install libvncserver1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvncserver1
libvncserver1 is:
LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This package provides the server library.
Package: libvncserver1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.9.12+dfsg-9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libvncserver Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 343 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Filename: pool/main/libv/libvncserver/libvncserver1_0.9.12+dfsg-9_amd64.deb Size: 120244 MD5sum: 2d6b49ca7902110513198b32f70390be SHA1: 36bf367168ec2681979ea2f25bcc20b4b2526943 SHA256: 226ccb9651b50d22ec56df0797dbeb00216b3a289ce688ffb0846a2e47a84475 Homepage: http://libvnc.github.io Description-en: API to write one’s own VNC server LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This package provides the server library.
There are three methods to install libvncserver1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvncserver1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvncserver1
Install libvncserver1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvncserver1
Install libvncserver1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvncserver1
How To Uninstall libvncserver1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvncserver1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvncserver1
Uninstall libvncserver1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvncserver1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvncserver1
Remove libvncserver1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvncserver1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvncserver1
Remove libvncserver1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvncserver1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvncserver1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
