How To Install python-gtk-vnc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gtk-vnc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gtk-vnc
python-gtk-vnc is:
It is built using coroutines, allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded. It supports RFB protocols 3.3 through 3.8 and the VeNCrypt authentication extension providing SSL/TLS encryption with x509 certificate authentication.
The core library is written in C and a binding for Python using PyGTK is available. The networking layer supports connections over both IPv4 and IPv6.
This package contains the Python binding.
There are three methods to install python-gtk-vnc 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 python-gtk-vnc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gtk-vnc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gtk-vnc
Install python-gtk-vnc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gtk-vnc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gtk-vnc
Install python-gtk-vnc 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 python-gtk-vnc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gtk-vnc
How To Uninstall python-gtk-vnc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gtk-vnc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gtk-vnc
Uninstall python-gtk-vnc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gtk-vnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gtk-vnc
Remove python-gtk-vnc Configurations and Data
To remove python-gtk-vnc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gtk-vnc
Remove python-gtk-vnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gtk-vnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gtk-vnc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gtk-vnc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
