How To Install ssvnc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssvnc on Kali Linux. ssvnc is Enhanced TightVNC viewer with SSL/SSH tunnel helper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssvnc on Kali Linux.

What is ssvnc

ssvnc is:

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.

SSVNC is two things:

  • An enhanced version of the TightVNC client with support for more encodings and color modes, support for x11vnc and UltraVNC extensions, dynamic screen resizing, an improved popup menu, etc.

  • A GUI that helps set up an SSL (using stunnel) or SSH tunnel to connect to the VNC server through, as well as forwarding of ports for audio (esound/aRts), SMB, CUPS etc.

There are three methods to install ssvnc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ssvnc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ssvnc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ssvnc

Install ssvnc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ssvnc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ssvnc

Install ssvnc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ssvnc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssvnc

How To Uninstall ssvnc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ssvnc

Uninstall ssvnc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ssvnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssvnc

Remove ssvnc Configurations and Data

To remove ssvnc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssvnc

Remove ssvnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ssvnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssvnc

Dependencies

ssvnc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssvnc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.