Performing a VNC installation requires a VNC viewer running on your workstation or other terminal computer. Locations where you might want a VNC viewer installed:
Your workstation
Laptop on a datacenter crash cart
VNC is open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License. Versions exist for Linux, Windows, and MacOS X. Here are some recommended VNC viewers:
vncviewer
is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Linux by installing the vnc
package:
# yum install vnc
TightVNC is available for Windows at http://www.tightvnc.com/
MacOS X includes built-in VNC support as of version 10.5. In the Finder, click the Go menu and choose Connect to Server. In the server address field, you can type vnc://
, where SERVER is the IP address or DNS host name of the VNC server you wish to connect to and DISPLAY is the VNC display number (usually 1), and click Connect.
SERVER
:DISPLAY
Once you have verified you have a VNC viewer available, it's time to start the installation.