How To Install tigervnc-standalone-server on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-standalone-server on Kali Linux.
What is tigervnc-standalone-server
tigervnc-standalone-server 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.
This package provides a standalone VNC server to which clients can connect. The server generates a display that can be viewed with a vncviewer.
Note: This server does not need a display. You need a VNC viewer to see something. This viewer may also be on a computer running other operating systems.
There are three methods to install tigervnc-standalone-server 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 tigervnc-standalone-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-standalone-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tigervnc-standalone-serverInstall tigervnc-standalone-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-standalone-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tigervnc-standalone-serverInstall tigervnc-standalone-server 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-standalone-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tigervnc-standalone-serverHow To Uninstall tigervnc-standalone-server on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tigervnc-standalone-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tigervnc-standalone-serverUninstall tigervnc-standalone-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tigervnc-standalone-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tigervnc-standalone-serverRemove tigervnc-standalone-server Configurations and Data
To remove tigervnc-standalone-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tigervnc-standalone-serverRemove tigervnc-standalone-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tigervnc-standalone-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tigervnc-standalone-serverDependencies
tigervnc-standalone-server have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-standalone-server package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.