In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Tiger VNC on Ubuntu Server Latest. Tiger VNC is a high-performance, platform-independent, and open-source VNC tool that enables remote desktop access to Linux, Windows, and Mac OS computers.
Before installing Tiger VNC, you must have the following components in your system:
The first step is to update your system packages to ensure that they are up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
The Tiger VNC package is available in the Ubuntu official repositories. You can install it using the following command:
sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server tigervnc-xorg-extension tigervnc-viewer -y
After installing Tiger VNC, you need to configure it to have access to the desktop environment. To configure Tiger VNC, we need to create a new VNC user and set a VNC password.
You can create a new VNC user by running the following command:
sudo adduser vncuser
You will be prompted to set a password and other information for the new user.
Once the user is created, you can set a VNC password for the user using the following command:
sudo su - vncuser
vncpasswd
You will be prompted to set a new VNC password. Enter a secure password and confirm it.
The next step is to configure the Tiger VNC server. You can do this by creating a new service file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service
And then paste the following configuration into the editor:
[Unit]
Description=Remote desktop service (VNC)
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
User=%i
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 :%i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the editor. Then reload the systemd daemon configuration and start the Tiger VNC server using the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable vncserver@1.service
sudo systemctl start vncserver@1.service
Your Tiger VNC server is now configured and running.
You can now connect to the Tiger VNC server using any VNC client such as TightVNC Viewer or RealVNC Viewer.
To connect to the Tiger VNC server, open the VNC client and enter the server IP address or hostname, followed by ":1". For example, "192.168.1.100:1" or "myvncserver.example.com:1".
When prompted, enter the VNC user's password that you created earlier.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Tiger VNC on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now remotely access your Ubuntu server desktop.
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