How To Install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8. gvnc is A GObject for VNC connections

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gvnc`

gvnc is a GObject for managing a VNC connection. It provides all the infrastructure required to build a VNC client without having to deal with the raw protocol itself.

We can use yum or dnf to install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvnc.

Install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install gvnc

Install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install gvnc

How To Uninstall gvnc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gvnc

gvnc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/157cd3d6c3a2ef72e51972127a965192f02274
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GVnc-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgvnc-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgvnc-1.0.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/guc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.vapi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/4085990ea550907d7a156ac2d3242ee09da409
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GVnc-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgvnc-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgvnc-1.0.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/guc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk-vnc.mo
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/gvnc-1.0.vapi

References

gvnc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvnc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.