How To Install novnc on Fedora 34
novnc is VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption support
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install novnc on Fedora 34.
What is novnc
noVNC is both a HTML VNC client JavaScript library and an application built on top of that library. noVNC runs well in any modern browser including mobile browsers (iOS and Android).
We can use yum or dnf to install novnc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install novnc.
Install novnc on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install novnc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install novnc
Install novnc on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install novnc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install novnc
How To Uninstall novnc on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the novnc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove novnc
novnc Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/novnc_server
/usr/share/doc/novnc
/usr/share/doc/novnc/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/novnc/README.md
/usr/share/novnc
/usr/share/novnc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/novnc/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/novnc/README.md
/usr/share/novnc/app
/usr/share/novnc/app/error-handler.js
/usr/share/novnc/app/images
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/alt.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/clipboard.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/connect.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/ctrl.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/ctrlaltdel.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/disconnect.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/drag.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/error.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/esc.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/expander.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/fullscreen.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/handle.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/handle_bg.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/Makefile
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-120x120.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-144x144.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-152x152.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-16x16.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-192x192.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-24x24.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-32x32.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-48x48.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-60x60.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-64x64.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-72x72.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-76x76.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-96x96.png
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-icon-sm.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/icons/novnc-icon.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/info.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/keyboard.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/power.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/settings.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/tab.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/toggleextrakeys.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/warning.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/images/windows.svg
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/README
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/cs.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/de.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/el.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/es.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/ja.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/ko.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/nl.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/pl.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/ru.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/sv.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/tr.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/zh_CN.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/locale/zh_TW.json
/usr/share/novnc/app/localization.js
/usr/share/novnc/app/sounds
/usr/share/novnc/app/sounds/CREDITS
/usr/share/novnc/app/sounds/bell.mp3
/usr/share/novnc/app/sounds/bell.oga
/usr/share/novnc/app/styles
/usr/share/novnc/app/styles/Orbitron700.ttf
/usr/share/novnc/app/styles/Orbitron700.woff
/usr/share/novnc/app/styles/base.css
/usr/share/novnc/app/ui.js
/usr/share/novnc/app/webutil.js
/usr/share/novnc/core
/usr/share/novnc/core/base64.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/copyrect.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/hextile.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/raw.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/rre.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/tight.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/decoders/tightpng.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/deflator.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/des.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/display.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/encodings.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/inflator.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/domkeytable.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/fixedkeys.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/gesturehandler.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/keyboard.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/keysym.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/keysymdef.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/util.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/vkeys.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/input/xtscancodes.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/rfb.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/browser.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/cursor.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/element.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/events.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/eventtarget.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/int.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/logging.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/polyfill.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/util/strings.js
/usr/share/novnc/core/websock.js
/usr/share/novnc/docs
/usr/share/novnc/docs/API-internal.md
/usr/share/novnc/docs/API.md
/usr/share/novnc/docs/EMBEDDING.md
/usr/share/novnc/docs/LIBRARY.md
/usr/share/novnc/docs/LICENSE.BSD-2-Clause
/usr/share/novnc/docs/LICENSE.BSD-3-Clause
/usr/share/novnc/docs/LICENSE.MPL-2.0
/usr/share/novnc/docs/LICENSE.OFL-1.1
/usr/share/novnc/docs/flash_policy.txt
/usr/share/novnc/docs/links
/usr/share/novnc/docs/notes
/usr/share/novnc/docs/rfb_notes
/usr/share/novnc/docs/rfbproto-3.3.pdf
/usr/share/novnc/docs/rfbproto-3.7.pdf
/usr/share/novnc/docs/rfbproto-3.8.pdf
/usr/share/novnc/index.html
/usr/share/novnc/karma.conf.js
/usr/share/novnc/package.json
/usr/share/novnc/po
/usr/share/novnc/po/.eslintrc
/usr/share/novnc/po/Makefile
/usr/share/novnc/po/cs.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/de.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/el.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/es.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/ja.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/ko.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/nl.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/noVNC.pot
/usr/share/novnc/po/pl.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/po2js
/usr/share/novnc/po/ru.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/sv.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/tr.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/xgettext-html
/usr/share/novnc/po/zh_CN.po
/usr/share/novnc/po/zh_TW.po
/usr/share/novnc/snap
/usr/share/novnc/snap/hooks
/usr/share/novnc/snap/hooks/configure
/usr/share/novnc/snap/local
/usr/share/novnc/snap/local/svc_wrapper.sh
/usr/share/novnc/snap/snapcraft.yaml
/usr/share/novnc/tests
/usr/share/novnc/tests/.eslintrc
/usr/share/novnc/tests/assertions.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/fake.websocket.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/karma-test-main.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/playback-ui.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/playback.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.base64.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.deflator.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.display.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.gesturehandler.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.helper.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.int.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.keyboard.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.localization.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.rfb.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.util.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.websock.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/test.webutil.js
/usr/share/novnc/tests/vnc_playback.html
/usr/share/novnc/utils
/usr/share/novnc/utils/.eslintrc
/usr/share/novnc/utils/README.md
/usr/share/novnc/utils/b64-to-binary.pl
/usr/share/novnc/utils/genkeysymdef.js
/usr/share/novnc/utils/launch.sh
/usr/share/novnc/utils/u2x11
/usr/share/novnc/utils/use_require.js
/usr/share/novnc/utils/use_require_helpers.js
/usr/share/novnc/utils/validate
/usr/share/novnc/vendor
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/README.md
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/dist
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/dist/babel-worker.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/dist/browser-es-module-loader.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/dist/browser-es-module-loader.js.map
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/genworker.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/rollup.config.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/src
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/src/babel-worker.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/browser-es-module-loader/src/browser-es-module-loader.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/LICENSE
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/README.md
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/utils
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/utils/common.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/adler32.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/constants.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/crc32.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/deflate.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/gzheader.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/inffast.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/inflate.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/inftrees.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/messages.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/trees.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/pako/lib/zlib/zstream.js
/usr/share/novnc/vendor/promise.js
/usr/share/novnc/vnc.html
/usr/share/novnc/vnc_auto.html
/usr/share/novnc/vnc_lite.html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install novnc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.