How To Install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Ubuntu.
What is tigervnc-xorg-extension
tigervnc-xorg-extension is:
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system that allows you to view a computing `desktop’ environment not only on the machine where it is running but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. For this purpose, it implements a client/server model.
This package contains an X server connector so VNC clients can connect to your local X desktop directly.
There are three methods to install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension
Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension
Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension
How To Uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tigervnc-xorg-extension package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tigervnc-xorg-extension
Uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tigervnc-xorg-extension
Remove tigervnc-xorg-extension Configurations and Data
To remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tigervnc-xorg-extension
Remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tigervnc-xorg-extension
Dependencies
tigervnc-xorg-extension have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-xorg-extension package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.