Tiger VNC is a free and open-source remote desktop software that allows users to remotely access and control their desktops from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Tiger VNC on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing Tiger VNC on your system, you need to make sure that you have the following requirements:
Follow these steps to install Tiger VNC on Elementary OS Latest:
Open the terminal/console on your machine.
Update your system packages and dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
After the update process is complete, install the Tiger VNC software by running the command below:
sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server
Once the installation is complete, create a password for the Tiger VNC server using the following command:
vncpasswd
This command will prompt you to enter the password, which should be a minimum of 6 characters long.
To make sure that the Tiger VNC server is running, execute the command below:
vncserver -listen tcp -localhost no
This will start the Tiger VNC server on your machine.
Now, to connect to the Tiger VNC server, you need to have a VNC viewer application. If you don't have one installed, you can download one from the Tiger VNC website at http://tigervnc.org/.
Once you have installed the VNC viewer application, open it and enter the IP address of your Elementary OS Latest machine along with the display number (default:1).
IP address:1
For example, if your IP address is 192.168.1.100, you would enter:
192.168.1.100:1
Click on the "Connect" button, and you should be able to access the Tiger VNC server on your Elementary OS Latest machine.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiger VNC on Elementary OS Latest.
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