How To Install novnc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install novnc on CentOS 7. novnc is VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption

Introduction

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

What is novnc

Websocket implementation of VNC client

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

Install novnc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install novnc

Install novnc 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 novnc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install novnc

How To Uninstall novnc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove novnc

References

Summary

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