Tiger VNC is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with a remote computer using a virtual graphical desktop. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tiger VNC on NixOS Latest.
Before installing Tiger VNC, you need to have:
Open a terminal window on your NixOS computer.
Type the following command to update your NixOS system:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env --upgrade
Install the Tiger VNC package by typing this command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.tigervnc
This will install Tiger VNC on your NixOS computer.
Next, we need to create a configuration file for Tiger VNC. Type this command to create a new configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/tigervnc/vncserver-config
Enter the following lines in the configuration file:
VNCSERVERS="1:yourusername"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1024x768"
Replace "yourusername" with your actual username.
Save the configuration file and exit Nano.
Type this command to start the Tiger VNC server:
sudo systemctl start tigervncserver
Type this command to enable the Tiger VNC server at boot time:
sudo systemctl enable tigervncserver
Open a VNC client on your local computer and connect to your NixOS computer by entering its IP address followed by ":1" (e.g. 192.168.1.2:1). You will be prompted to enter your username and password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Tiger VNC on your NixOS computer. You can now connect to it remotely using a VNC client.
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