How to Install and Uninstall tightvncserver Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "tightvncserver" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install tightvncserver on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tightvncserver on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tightvncserver
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tightvncserver package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tightvncserver
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 1753
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ola Lundqvist
Architecture: amd64
Source: tightvnc
Version: 1.3.10-0ubuntu3
Provides: vnc-server, xserver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), perl, x11-common | xserver-common, x11-utils, xauth
Recommends: xfonts-base, x11-xserver-utils
Suggests: tightvnc-java
Filename: pool/universe/t/tightvnc/tightvncserver_1.3.10-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 633236
MD5sum: be92b72c8c93904bbc56984552fba43a
SHA1: a6ab86a7d73924cab88da35dd8c18ffac85f28f3
SHA256: 6608d014ffe33b49aa33c36043bcd8faf6a3c0969dd03d00faeeadd513a59d42
Description-en: virtual network computing server software
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote
display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop' environment
not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the
Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
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This package provides a server to which X clients can connect and the
server generates a display that can be viewed with a vncviewer.
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The difference between the tightvncserver and the normal vncserver is the
data encoding, optimized for low bandwidth connections. If the client do not
support jpeg or zlib encoding it can use the default one. Later versions of
vncserver (> 3.3.3r2) support a new automatic encoding that should be equally
good as the tightvnc encoding.
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Note: This server does not support or need a display. You need a vncviewer to
see something. However, this viewer may also be on a computer running other
operating systems in the local net.
Description-md5: 212aadc6932fc1ffc49df1c9619bc26a
Homepage: http://www.tightvnc.com
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu