How to Install and Uninstall vnc-java Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "vnc-java" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install vnc-java

2. Uninstall "vnc-java" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall vnc-java on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove vnc-java $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the vnc-java package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vnc-java
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/x11
Installed-Size: 200
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ola Lundqvist
Architecture: all
Version: 3.3.3r2-8
Provides: vnc-viewer
Suggests: vncserver
Conflicts: vncserver (<< 3.3.3r2-14)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/vnc-java/vnc-java_3.3.3r2-8_all.deb
Size: 63414
MD5sum: 309b706026a3812b438dcdbb41184265
SHA1: b869a1237e6f1c6fed8fd5c74be3311f5baeef7a
SHA256: 9b3d8573beef99af907493cd12e21726417309bcb8ee5713dc33b5a80d236224
Description-en: VNC java applet and command line program
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.
.
This is the vnc java applet files that the vnc-server
can distribute to the client.
.
It also includes the TightVNC patches from http://www.tightvnc.com/
Description-md5: 6f1af57027ca77988433f035134473fa
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu