How To Install vino 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 vino on Ubuntu.

What is `vino`

vino is:

VNC is a protocol that allows remote display of a user’s desktop. This package provides a VNC server that integrates with GNOME, allowing you to export your running desktop to another computer for remote use or diagnosis.

There are three methods to install vino 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 vino Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vino using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vino

Install vino Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vino using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vino

Install vino 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 vino using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vino

How To Uninstall vino on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the vino package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vino

Uninstall vino And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vino and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vino

Remove vino Configurations and Data

To remove vino configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vino

Remove vino configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vino configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vino

Dependencies

vino have the following dependencies:

References

vino website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vino package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.