Tiger VNC is a remote desktop software that allows you to connect to a graphical desktop on a remote computer. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Tiger VNC on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you begin, make sure your FreeBSD system is up to date:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
You can install Tiger VNC on FreeBSD Latest using the pkg package manager. Open a terminal window and run:
sudo pkg install tigervnc
After installing Tiger VNC, configure it by creating a VNC password using the vncpasswd command. You will be prompted to enter and verify your password:
vncpasswd
Next, create a configuration file for Tiger VNC:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
sudo cp /usr/local/share/tigervnc/xstartup /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/tigervnc
sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/tigervnc
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/tigervnc
Finally, start the Tiger VNC server:
vncserver -localhost -geometry 1280x800 -depth 24
To connect to the Tiger VNC server from another machine, you will need a VNC client such as Tiger VNC Viewer, RealVNC, TightVNC or UltraVNC.
Open your VNC client and enter the IP address or hostname of the FreeBSD system running Tiger VNC, along with the port number 5901 (default port used by Tiger VNC). You may be prompted to enter the VNC password you created in Step 2.
Congratulations! You should now be able to connect to and control the remote desktop of your FreeBSD system using Tiger VNC.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Tiger VNC on FreeBSD Latest and connect to it using a VNC client. With Tiger VNC, you can access your FreeBSD desktop remotely from any machine on the network.
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