VNC allows you to connect to a remote server. We will install Xfce desktop on an Ubuntu server and configure VNC to access the desktop remotely. Install xfce with command
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apt install -y xfce4 xfce4-goodies |
During the installation, you will be asked to select Install vnc server
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apt install tightvncserver autocutsel |
For security reasons, running a desktop as the user root is […]
Xfce is a lightweight linux desktop environment. You can install Xfce on a remote server or virtual machine, connect to it using VNC to use it as a desktop. To install Xfce, enable EPEL repo
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yum install -y epel-release |
Install Xfce
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yum groupinstall Xfce |
You can see other groups available with command “yum grouplist”. Insall vnc server
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yum install -y tigervnc-server |
Creating User […]
On Windows and Linux there are many free open source VNC clients available. For Mac, if you google, most VNC clients are paid. But you don’t need a VNC client on Mac. To connect to VNC server from Mac Computer, go to the terminal, run following command
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open vnc://SERVER_IP_ADDRESS_HERE:PORT_HERE |
Example
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open vnc://13.37.18.223:5901 |
See Mac, VNC […]
Install x11vnc on Ubuntu Start x11vnc with supervisord See vnc […]
To auo start x11vnc with supervisord, first install x11vnc and supervisord
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apt -y install supervisor x11vnc |
Create a password file
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x11vnc -storepasswd YOUR_SECRET_PW /etc/vncsecret |
Replace YOUR_SECRET_PW with whatever password you want to use. Create supervisord unit file
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vi /etc/supervisor/conf.d/x11vnc.conf |
Add following content
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[program:x11vnc] priority=200 command=/usr/bin/x11vnc -rfbauth /etc/vncsecret -display :0 -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -wait 5 -shared user=USERNAME_HERE autorestart=true autostart=true redirect_stderr=true |
Replace USERNAME_HERE with actual user name used to login to system. Enable supervisior
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systemctl enable supervisor |
You can use following commands to […]
To enable remote desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 (works with newer Ubuntu versions), go to settings. Click on Sharing Click on ON/OFF button on title bar to enable Desktop Sharing. Once enabled, click on “Screen Sharing” to See Desktop sharing option, you need to enable it for network connection. Ubuntu use vino package to allow remote […]
Install VNC server How to Install Xfce and VNC on Ubuntu 20.04 Install Xfce VNC remote desktop on CentOS 7 Install Xfce VNC remote desktop on Ubuntu VNC Client http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html – Provide Viewer Only 64 and 32 bit available Open Source TightVNC Viewer Try Linux distro with out downloading ISO Connecting to VNC Server from […]
NOTE: CentOS 5 reached its End of Life on March 31, 2017. For installing VNC desktop on CentOS 7, see Install Xfce VNC remote desktop on CentOS 7 Install GUI on Sever To find available desktop environments
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yum grouplist |
To install gnome
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yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" |
For KDE
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yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)" |
For XFCE, install
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yum groupinstall "XFCE" |
XFCE file size in fedora 12 […]