Has anyone here know/have tried vncserver?

I'm not sure how to install it so can someone here explain it to me how? - what to do, etc?

Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks.

For what OS?

Download it from here: http://realvnc.com/download.html

Other documentation here: http://realvnc.com/documentation.html

I would not suggest using this as an administration tool, unless you are using it for windows. For linux you need to have X installed on the server.

For what OS?


hmm Fedora


For linux you need to have X installed on the server.


hmm what do you mean by 'X'?

Originally posted by Shin Asuka
hmm Fedora



hmm what do you mean by 'X'?

crucialparad was talking about X server.

X Server is the graphical user interface for Linux systems. This is a bad idea for servers, use SSH instead.

(That is, if this is what you intended it for.)

I have installed vncserver NUMEROUS times on Fedora. It's really quiet simple. I'd use tightvnc instead of realvnc. I'd also type 'apt-get install vncserver' AFTER downloading apt-get (http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/1/apt/).

BTW, X = XFree86. Apt-Get should automagically install it.

Of course when you install X and run it on a server you lose one of the major advantages of going with linux instead of windows. Running a gui is resource intensive and I would not recommend it for a server.