How To Install tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 20.04. tigervnc-standalone-server is Standalone virtual network computing server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is tigervnc-standalone-server

tigervnc-standalone-server 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 standalone VNC server to which clients can connect. The server generates a display that can be viewed with a vncviewer.

Note: This server does not need a display. You need a VNC viewer to see something. This viewer may also be on a computer running other operating systems.

There are three methods to install tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tigervnc-standalone-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tigervnc-standalone-server

Install tigervnc-standalone-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-standalone-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tigervnc-standalone-server

Install tigervnc-standalone-server 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 tigervnc-standalone-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tigervnc-standalone-server

How To Uninstall tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the tigervnc-standalone-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tigervnc-standalone-server

Uninstall tigervnc-standalone-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tigervnc-standalone-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tigervnc-standalone-server

Remove tigervnc-standalone-server Configurations and Data

To remove tigervnc-standalone-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tigervnc-standalone-server

Remove tigervnc-standalone-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tigervnc-standalone-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tigervnc-standalone-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-standalone-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.