How to Install and Uninstall x11vnc Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "x11vnc" package

Learn how to install x11vnc on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install x11vnc

2. Uninstall "x11vnc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall x11vnc on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove x11vnc

3. Information about the x11vnc package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package x11vnc:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : x11vnc
Version : 0.9.16-3.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 4.6 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : x11vnc-0.9.16-3.1.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc
Summary : VNC Server for Real X Displays
Description :
x11vnc allows one to remotely view and interact with real X displays (i.e. a
display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC
viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for
Windows.
For Unix, the VNC implementation includes a virtual X11 server Xvnc (usually
launched via the vncserver command) that is not associated with a real
display, but provides a "fake" one X11 clients (xterm, mozilla, etc.) can
attach to. A remote user then connects to Xvnc via the VNC client vncviewer
from anywhere on the network to view and interact with the whole virtual X11
desktop.
The VNC protocol is in most cases better suited for remote connections with
low bandwidth and high latency than is the X11 protocol. Also, with no state
maintained the viewing-end can crash, be rebooted, or relocated and the
applications and desktop continue running. Not so with X11.