How To Install tigervnc-server on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server on CentOS 8.
What is tigervnc-server
The VNC system allows you to access the same desktop from a wide variety of platforms. This package includes set of utilities which make usage of TigerVNC server more user friendly. It also contains x0vncserver program which can export your active X session.
We can use yum or dnf to install tigervnc-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tigervnc-server.
Install tigervnc-server 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 tigervnc-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server
Install tigervnc-server 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 tigervnc-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server
How To Uninstall tigervnc-server on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the tigervnc-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tigervnc-server
tigervnc-server Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/pam.d/tigervnc
/etc/tigervnc/vncserver-config-defaults
/etc/tigervnc/vncserver-config-mandatory
/etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users
/usr/bin/vncserver
/usr/bin/x0vncserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/1e874c1b0ba4d02d166399c7bb6c7ce0d0b1d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/d9a8c41df6fc87e256012cb2c0a4ce2e9e9653
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xvnc.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/libexec/vncserver
/usr/libexec/vncsession-start
/usr/sbin/vncsession
/usr/share/doc/tigervnc/HOWTO.md
/usr/share/man/man1/x0vncserver.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vncserver.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vncsession.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.