How To Install libvncclient1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncclient1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvncclient1
libvncclient1 is:
LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This package provides the client library. Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Package: libvncclient1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.9.12+dfsg-9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libvncserver Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 197 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Breaks: libvncserver0 (« 0.9.9+dfsg-3) Replaces: libvncserver0 (« 0.9.9+dfsg-3) Filename: pool/main/libv/libvncserver/libvncclient1_0.9.12+dfsg-9_amd64.deb Size: 65876 MD5sum: c647c7d1682f27ed9de0bac416b443d3 SHA1: 1e15d3c3ae90e311c22e930c6094998e9247905c SHA256: 55ad1b33d55be29a9195cfbfc92814a508580b9d5ef288b6877d0a0f723de6dc Homepage: http://libvnc.github.io Description-en: API to write one’s own VNC server - client library LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression.
This package provides the client library. Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
There are three methods to install libvncclient1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvncclient1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncclient1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvncclient1
Install libvncclient1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncclient1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvncclient1
Install libvncclient1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncclient1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvncclient1
How To Uninstall libvncclient1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvncclient1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvncclient1
Uninstall libvncclient1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvncclient1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvncclient1
Remove libvncclient1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvncclient1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvncclient1
Remove libvncclient1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvncclient1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvncclient1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncclient1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.