How To Install ssvnc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssvnc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ssvnc
ssvnc is:
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
SSVNC is two things:
An enhanced version of the TightVNC client with support for more encodings and color modes, support for x11vnc and UltraVNC extensions, dynamic screen resizing, an improved popup menu, etc.
A GUI that helps set up an SSL (using stunnel) or SSH tunnel to connect to the VNC server through, as well as forwarding of ports for audio (esound/aRts), SMB, CUPS etc.
There are three methods to install ssvnc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ssvnc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssvnc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssvnc
Install ssvnc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssvnc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssvnc
Install ssvnc 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 ssvnc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssvnc
How To Uninstall ssvnc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ssvnc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssvnc
Uninstall ssvnc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssvnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssvnc
Remove ssvnc Configurations and Data
To remove ssvnc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssvnc
Remove ssvnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssvnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssvnc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssvnc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
