How To Install x11vnc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x11vnc on Debian 9.

What is x11vnc

x11vnc is:

x11vnc allows one to view remotely and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. It has built-in SSL encryption and authentication, UNIX account and password support, server-side scaling, single port HTTPS and VNC, mDNS service advertising, and TightVNC and UltraVNC file-transfer.

There are three methods to install x11vnc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install x11vnc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x11vnc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x11vnc

Install x11vnc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x11vnc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x11vnc

Install x11vnc 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 x11vnc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x11vnc

How To Uninstall x11vnc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the x11vnc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x11vnc

Uninstall x11vnc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x11vnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x11vnc

Remove x11vnc Configurations and Data

To remove x11vnc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x11vnc

Remove x11vnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x11vnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x11vnc

Dependencies

x11vnc have the following dependencies:

• openssl
• tk
• x11vnc-data
• libavahi-client3
• libavahi-common3
• libc6
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libssl1.1
• libvncclient1
• libvncserver1
• libx11-6
• libxdamage1

References

• x11vnc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x11vnc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.