How To Install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc-tools in Fedora 36. gvnc-tools is Command line VNC tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `gvnc-tools`

Provides useful command line utilities for interacting with VNC servers. Includes the gvnccapture program for capturing screenshots of a VNC desktop

We can use yum or dnf to install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvnc-tools.

Install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install gvnc-tools

Install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install gvnc-tools

How To Uninstall gvnc-tools on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gvnc-tools

gvnc-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gvnccapture
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/f9c12f72a1328504b145c2a9676713c60e8548
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/ChangeLog-old
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gvnc-tools/README
/usr/share/man/man1/gvnccapture.1.gz

References

gvnc-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).