How To Install vnc-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vnc-java
vnc-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 files that the vnc-server can distribute to the client.
It also includes the TightVNC patches from http://www.tightvnc.com/
There are three methods to install vnc-java 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 vnc-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 vnc-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vnc-java
Install vnc-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vnc-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vnc-java
Install vnc-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vnc-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vnc-java
How To Uninstall vnc-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vnc-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vnc-java
Uninstall vnc-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vnc-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vnc-java
Remove vnc-java Configurations and Data
To remove vnc-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vnc-java
Remove vnc-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vnc-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vnc-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
