How To Install tigervnc-server-module on CentOS 8

tigervnc-server-module is TigerVNC module to Xorg

Introduction

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

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server-module

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

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server-module

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

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-libvnc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/b4802d7b929f69286db6be3a26d96d0fc0cdf1
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so

References

Summary

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