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Real VNC
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:17 pm
by Lauren
Hello...i need some help....again!!
I need to install VNC to my linux image...im going to do that but i need to know what i need to do after i download it! Are there configuration/installation directions i can follow?? Also, i can just put it onto my machine and then find a way to implement it onto other computers too, rite - I dont have to do this on a server?
Help!
Thanks!!
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:45 pm
by pthread
Did you download a binary package or source?
Once it's installed, just image the computer you wan't to copy, and make that available for (nearly) identical computers to pull down and install from.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:57 pm
by dann
If I am not mistaken, and you downloaded the sources:
tar xvf source.tar.gz
cd vnc_source
./configure
make
su -c make install
done deal.
VNC
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:05 am
by Lauren
Ive downloaded the sources for REALVNC then go to a terminal and type in the ls i get this: vnc-4.0-1.nosrc.rpm so then i tried to download a .tar version and that did nothing when i went to do tar xvf source.tar.gz...it says again no such file or directory!!!
VNC
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:10 pm
by Lauren
Ok so installed using the rpm, heres what i did:
1) i became root
2) i did an ls to find my vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm
3) then i did an ls vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm
4) then i did the rpm -ivh vnc-4.0-1.i38.rpm
then the computer said: preparing.....
1:vnc ######### [100%]
######### [100%]
and that is all that happened...is this correct or did it nt work??
If this is correct. what do i do next??
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:18 pm
by pthread
yep, it worked. Now you read the documentation on how vnc works...
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I have never used it, so I wouldn't know.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:34 pm
by dann
In a nutshell, you need to have a vncserver running somewhere. You can start one on the machine by:
vncserver :1 -name hello -depth 16 -geometry 800x600
then vncviewer localhost:1
stop the server by vncserver -kill :1
Then do some more customization in the .vnc directory. Create an xstartup file and add some parameters, like a windowmanager) to it.
Read the docs.
VNC
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:21 pm
by Lauren
Ok, so i try to find the vnc directory and there is not one there when i do an ls, all that is there is the vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm. So, i try to make the directory vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm myself, but it is saying that it (the vnc-4...)exists but is not a directory....so i cant do anything w/it anymore now!
Any suggestions??
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:18 pm
by pthread
No your missing it... it's all done, it's installed. An rpm is already compiled, and all it does is put hte files where they need to be. The files are on your system in their default installation place, try doing 'updatedb' as root, then 'locate vnc' and you will find it.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:59 am
by pthread
Someone might be able to answer me this though, what is the point with srpms?
real vnc
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:10 pm
by Lauren
Ok, its done and up and working...my boss was very pleased!!
Thank you soo much everyone!!
*Lauren
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:23 am
by Twiggy
Someone might be able to answer me this though, what is the point with srpms?
I believe it's for RPM zealots who want to build stuff from source using a single command. I used RPM distros for over a year and never had to use a single one.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:32 pm
by pthread
Yeah, I figured it was something like that
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:47 pm
by Twiggy
I could be wrong though. I think what it *may* be for is you use the rpm --rpmbuild <package> command to build the RPM from source so the RPM is built from scratch for your system. Which is the epitome of zealotism
Just use Gentoo.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:16 pm
by pthread
lol, yeah, you'll never find any gentoo users that are zealots...