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How to install TigerVNC on Debian using binaries

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TigerVNC is a solid program to run VNC server in your Linux machine. I have used x11vnc in the past but it was much complicated with all the options and was buggy. Then I found TigerVNC

Unfortunately, I cannot find a guide that provide latest version installation. They are all using then default one in default repositories and those are ancient.

Step 1 – Install required packages:

$ sudo apt install xauth xinit libxshmfence-dev libxcvt-dev libgbm-dev

Step 2 – Download required file:

First of all, you need to obtain latest version of the binaries.

You can get them from https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/

Step 3 – Extract:

Command below will extract files from the archive into your system. Replace the version with the one that you have downloaded.

$ sudo tar xvfk tigervnc-1.14.1.x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /

Step 4 – Add user into vncserver.users:

$ sudo nano /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users

add a new line containing your existing system user

:1=myuser

Save the file

Step 5 – Set password:

login as user you have added into vncserver.users

Then execute `vncpasswd` and insert the password you wanted for that user

$ vncpasswd

Step 6 – Config:

As the same user as in Step 3, create config file

nano .config/tigervnc/config

add this and modify it according to your preference.

`session` is the command to start your desktop, in my case, xfce4.

session=xfce
geometry=1920x1080
alwaysshared

To see all DE that you have installed, you can do

$ ls /usr/share/xsessions

xfce.desktop means

session=xfce

Step 7 – Systemd:

Now everything is set, enable and start vncserver using systemd

$ sudo systemctl enable vncserver@:1 
$ sudo systemctl start vncserver@:1

:1 is the user you set in Step 4.

Step 5 – Something went wrong?
If it doesn’t work, check the log inside user’s $HOME

$HOME/.vnc/*log

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