How To Install libvncserver-config on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver-config on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvncserver-config
libvncserver-config 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 libvncserver-config utility, needed to obtain some option of the libvncserver library.
There are three methods to install libvncserver-config on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvncserver-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvncserver-config
Install libvncserver-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvncserver-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvncserver-config
Install libvncserver-config 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 libvncserver-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvncserver-config
How To Uninstall libvncserver-config on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvncserver-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvncserver-config
Uninstall libvncserver-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvncserver-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvncserver-config
Remove libvncserver-config Configurations and Data
To remove libvncserver-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvncserver-config
Remove libvncserver-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvncserver-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvncserver-config
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver-config package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
