How To Install tigervnc-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server on CentOS 7. tigervnc-server is A TigerVNC server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server on CentOS 7.

What is tigervnc-server

The VNC system allows you to access the same desktop from a wide variety of platforms. This package includes set of utilities which make usage of TigerVNC server more user friendly. It also contains x0vncserver program which can export your active X session.

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

Install tigervnc-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tigervnc-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server

Install tigervnc-server 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 tigervnc-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-server

How To Uninstall tigervnc-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the tigervnc-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tigervnc-server

References

Summary

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