How to Install and Uninstall tightvncserver Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the tightvncserver on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "tightvncserver" package

Please follow the instructions below to install tightvncserver on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "tightvncserver" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tightvncserver on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tightvncserver package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: tightvncserver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.3.10-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Source: tightvnc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1732
Provides: vnc-server, xserver
Depends: tightvncpasswd (>= 1:1.3.10-5), x11-common | xserver-common, x11-utils, xauth, perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: x11-xserver-utils, xfonts-base
Suggests: tightvnc-java
Filename: pool/universe/t/tightvnc/tightvncserver_1.3.10-5_amd64.deb
Size: 675974
MD5sum: fef78b1c2345067a59f0e3cb2654a7ee
SHA1: 62df816c7bdd0a870bd4176a1b7a673377c2ed7e
SHA256: ac37c1c664ce6e2a5b34bc5a4f084993fa12cffc7191f760b39a1780d0503f5b
SHA512: abe97eb5f39e842bff8b9f545c08ccf8c8b266ad08e885a832b6213e4c058c74009eab9a9a47cb65c46c8ae2cbcb89df2bb5447ef02c3cfc0dcad35f1d5a239a
Homepage: https://www.tightvnc.com
Description: virtual network computing server software
Description-md5: 212aadc6932fc1ffc49df1c9619bc26a