How do you activate the VNC service on Linux?

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

You can start the VNC service in a Linux system by following these steps:

  1. Install VNC server software. You can use the following command to install TigerVNC server:
sudo apt-get install tigervnc-standalone-server
  1. Start the VNC service. You can use the following command to start the VNC service:
vncserver
  1. Set up a VNC password. When running the VNC server for the first time, you will need to set a VNC connection password.
vncpasswd
  1. Check the IP address and port number of the VNC server. You can use the following command to view the IP address and port number of the VNC server:
vncserver -list
  1. Connect to the VNC server. By using VNC client software on another computer, input the IP address and port number of the VNC server, along with the password set, in order to connect to the VNC server.

Please note that in some Linux distributions, the VNC service may not automatically start by default. You may need to configure the VNC server to start up on boot. Editing the VNC server’s startup configuration file is necessary to achieve this, and the specific steps will depend on the Linux distribution and VNC server software you are using.

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