How To Install vncsnapshot on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vncsnapshot on Kali Linux.

What is vncsnapshot

vncsnapshot is:

VNC Snapshot is a command-line program for VNC. It will save a JPEG image of the VNC server’s screen.

To use this you must be able to connect directly to the VNC server via a TCP connection. It does not yet work for connections tunnelled over SSH.

There are three methods to install vncsnapshot 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 vncsnapshot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vncsnapshot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vncsnapshot

Install vncsnapshot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vncsnapshot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vncsnapshot

Install vncsnapshot 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install vncsnapshot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vncsnapshot

How To Uninstall vncsnapshot on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vncsnapshot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vncsnapshot

Uninstall vncsnapshot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vncsnapshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vncsnapshot

Remove vncsnapshot Configurations and Data

To remove vncsnapshot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vncsnapshot

Remove vncsnapshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vncsnapshot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vncsnapshot

Dependencies

vncsnapshot have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• vncsnapshot website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vncsnapshot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.