How To Install gvnc on CentOS 8

gvnc is A GObject for VNC connections A GObject for VNC connections

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc on CentOS 8.

What is `gvnc`

gvnc is a GObject for managing a VNC connection. It provides all the infrastructure required to build a VNC client without having to deal with the raw protocol itself. gvnc 0.9.0 2.el8 x86_64 102 k gtk-vnc-0.9.0-2.el8.src.rpm appstream A GObject for VNC connections https LGPLv2+ gvnc is a GObject for managing a VNC connection. It provides all the infrastructure required to build a VNC client without having to deal with the raw protocol itself.

We can use yum or dnf to install gvnc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvnc.

Install gvnc on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install gvnc

Install gvnc on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gvnc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvnc

How To Uninstall gvnc on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gvnc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gvnc

gvnc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/29db55f963d8c3f63e780fd83708a28aadd5f2
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GVnc-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgvnc-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgvnc-1.0.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/guc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.vapi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/3160880e0eb6a3e7a4b42f60540232ca861ec6
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GVnc-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgvnc-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgvnc-1.0.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/guc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.vapi

References

[gvnc website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gtk-vnc https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gtk-vnc)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.