How To Install tightvnc-java on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tightvnc-java on Debian 12.
What is tightvnc-java
tightvnc-java 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 is the vnc java applet file that the tightvncserver can distribute to the client. In addition a command line program that starts the java based vnc viewer locally is included.
There are three methods to install tightvnc-java on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tightvnc-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tightvnc-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tightvnc-java
Install tightvnc-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tightvnc-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tightvnc-java
Install tightvnc-java 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tightvnc-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tightvnc-java
How To Uninstall tightvnc-java on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tightvnc-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tightvnc-java
Uninstall tightvnc-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tightvnc-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tightvnc-java
Remove tightvnc-java Configurations and Data
To remove tightvnc-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tightvnc-java
Remove tightvnc-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tightvnc-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tightvnc-java
Dependencies
tightvnc-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tightvnc-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.