How To Install libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libvncserver.x86_64 is Library to make writing a vnc server easy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libvncserver.x86_64`

LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression schemata.

We can use yum to install libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvncserver.x86_64.

Install libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvncserver.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvncserver.x86_64

How To Uninstall libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libvncserver.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libvncserver.x86_64

libvncserver.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libvncclient.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvncclient.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libvncserver.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvncserver.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/README
/usr/share/doc/libvncserver-0.9.9/TODO

References

libvncserver.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvncserver.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.