How To Install vnc4server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc4server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vnc4server
vnc4server 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 vncserver to which X clients can connect and the server generates a display that can be viewed with a vncviewer.
It contains an X server connector so clients can connect to your local X desktop directly.
Note: This server does not need a display. You need a vncviewer to see something. This viewer may also be on a computer running other operating systems.
There are three methods to install vnc4server 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 vnc4server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vnc4server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vnc4server
Install vnc4server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vnc4server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vnc4server
Install vnc4server 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 vnc4server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vnc4server
How To Uninstall vnc4server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vnc4server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vnc4server
Uninstall vnc4server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vnc4server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vnc4server
Remove vnc4server Configurations and Data
To remove vnc4server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vnc4server
Remove vnc4server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vnc4server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vnc4server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnc4server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
