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

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server-module on Rocky Linux 8. tigervnc-server-module is TigerVNC module to Xorg

Introduction

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

What is tigervnc-server-module

This package contains libvnc.so module to X server, allowing others to access the desktop on your machine.

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

Install tigervnc-server-module 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-module using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server-module

Install tigervnc-server-module 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-module using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server-module

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

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

sudo dnf remove tigervnc-server-module

tigervnc-server-module Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-libvnc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/a4b800c7ece8fd4d392e86241a78827cf9dd42
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so

References

Summary

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