Difference between revisions of "Set up a VNC server"
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=== Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) === | === Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) === | ||
Read and follow http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/tightvnc-java/download, then | Read and follow http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/tightvnc-java/download, then | ||
| − | sudo apt-get install tighvnc-java | + | sudo apt-get install tighvnc-java xfonts-base |
vncserver -httpport 80 | vncserver -httpport 80 | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 24 November 2010
vnc allows you to connect to a remote computer's display over the network. It consists of a client and a server. The client is the viewer, the server provides the display. You can also allow browsers to view the server's desktop.
server
for a web browser
To configure vnc so it can be viewed from a web browser:
Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)
Read and follow http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/tightvnc-java/download, then
sudo apt-get install tighvnc-java xfonts-base vncserver -httpport 80
