How To Install libvncserver on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver on CentOS 7. libvncserver is Library to make writing a vnc server easy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver on CentOS 7.

What is libvncserver

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 schemata. 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 schemata.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvncserver on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvncserver.

Install libvncserver on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libvncserver

Install libvncserver on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libvncserver

How To Uninstall libvncserver on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libvncserver

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.