How To Install directvnc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install directvnc on Kali Linux.

What is directvnc

directvnc is:

DirectVNC is a client implementing the remote framebuffer protocol (rfb) which is used by VNC servers. If a VNC server is running on a machine you can connect to it using this client and have the contents of its display shown on your screen. Keyboard and mouse events are sent to the server, so you can basically control a VNC server remotely.

There are three methods to install directvnc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install directvnc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install directvnc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install directvnc

Install directvnc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install directvnc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install directvnc

Install directvnc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install directvnc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install directvnc

How To Uninstall directvnc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the directvnc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove directvnc

Uninstall directvnc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall directvnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove directvnc

Remove directvnc Configurations and Data

To remove directvnc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge directvnc

Remove directvnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove directvnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge directvnc

Dependencies

directvnc have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdirectfb-1.7-7
• libjpeg62-turbo
• zlib1g

References

• directvnc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install directvnc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.