How To Install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8. tigervnc-server-minimal is A minimal installation of TigerVNC server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8.

What is tigervnc-server-minimal

The VNC system allows you to access the same desktop from a wide variety of platforms. This package contains minimal installation of TigerVNC server, allowing others to access the desktop on your machine.

We can use yum or dnf to install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tigervnc-server-minimal.

Install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tigervnc-server-minimal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server-minimal

Install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tigervnc-server-minimal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server-minimal

How To Uninstall tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the tigervnc-server-minimal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tigervnc-server-minimal

tigervnc-server-minimal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/Xvnc
/usr/bin/vncconfig
/usr/bin/vncpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/cdc7f86d3b6f41f39adb32e6761d46cc34de1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/bf3272c2d81aa43dea988505531bb6ed3fa82b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/d0c02168d6e238d385f8c9e2d134f08d9b8205
/usr/share/man/man1/Xvnc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vncconfig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vncpasswd.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server-minimal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.