How To Install tigervnc-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is tigervnc-server.x86_64
The VNC system allows you to access the same desktop from a wide variety of platforms. This package includes set of utilities which make usage of TigerVNC server more user friendly. It also contains x0vncserver program which can export your active X session.
We can use yum to install tigervnc-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tigervnc-server.x86_64.
Install tigervnc-server.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 tigervnc-server.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tigervnc-server.x86_64
How To Uninstall tigervnc-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the tigervnc-server.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove tigervnc-server.x86_64
tigervnc-server.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/sysconfig/vncservers
/usr/bin/vncserver
/usr/bin/vncserver_wrapper
/usr/bin/x0vncserver
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xvnc.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man1/vncserver.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x0vncserver.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.