How To Install tigervnc-server-minimal on CentOS 8

tigervnc-server-minimal is A minimal installation of TigerVNC server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server-minimal on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 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-minimal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server-minimal

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

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server-minimal

How To Uninstall tigervnc-server-minimal on CentOS 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 CentOS 8

/usr/bin/Xvnc
/usr/bin/vncconfig
/usr/bin/vncpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/6c20d6d3f8d8ac48d9acdef838a4fe8526628f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/5b402e99e314686aed971c1d36732c5019d8fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/cdb304ab33cfb33026b2f3c519d7425503c68f
/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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.