How To Install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-vnc2 in AlmaLinux 8. gtk-vnc2 is A GTK3 widget for VNC clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is `gtk-vnc2`

gtk-vnc is a VNC viewer widget for GTK3. It is built using coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtk-vnc2.

Install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gtk-vnc2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtk-vnc2

Install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gtk-vnc2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtk-vnc2

How To Uninstall gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the gtk-vnc2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gtk-vnc2

References

gtk-vnc2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-vnc2 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.