Set up a VNC server
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Revision as of 21:32, 24 November 2010 by imported>ThorstenStaerk
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 tightvnc-java xfonts-base vncserver -httpport 80
Ubuntu 9.10
sudo apt-get install tightvnc-java tightvncserver vncserver -httpport 80
