How To Install libvncserver on CentOS 7
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.
