RealVNC is a commercial VNC solution for various types of operating systems, including Linux. It allows users to control a computer remotely, and interact with the desktop as if they were sitting directly in front of the remote computer. The remote computer should be running RealVNC Server, while the client must run RealVNC Viewer in order to connect to the server and control the computer.
If you are trying to connect to a computer running RealVNC Server, then you will first need to install the RealVNC Viewer client. In this tutorial, we will go over the step by step instructions to install RealVNC Viewer on major linux distros and other Linux distributions.
In this tutorial you will learn:
How to download RealVNC Viewer
How to install RealVNC Viewer on major Linux distros
Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command.
Conventions
# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
How to Install RealVNC Viewer on Linux
How to install RealVNC Viewer on Debian based systems
On Debian based systems like Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, etc, we will need to install RealVNC via the official DEB file download. Follow the steps below to get RealVNC Viewer installed:
Access the installed RealVNC program by searching for “vnc” inside of the Activities menu or your desktop’s application launcher. 👁 Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux
How to install RealVNC Viewer on Red Hat based systems
On Red Hat based systems like Fedora, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Red Hat, etc, we will need to install RealVNC via the official RPM file download. Follow the steps below to get RealVNC Viewer installed:
Access the installed RealVNC program by searching for “vnc” inside of the Activities menu or your desktop’s application launcher.
👁 Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux
How to install RealVNC Viewer on Arch Linux based systems
On Arch Linux based systems such as Arch Linux and Manjaro, etc, we can install RealVNC via the Arch User Repository. Follow the steps below to get RealVNC Viewer installed:
Get started by opening a command line terminal. In case you do not already have an AUR helper installed, we can use the following commands to install yay and other prerequisite packages:
$ sudo pacman -Sy base-devel git yay
Next, we will use yay to install RealVNC from the Arch User Repository.
Access the installed RealVNC program by searching for “vnc” inside of the Activities menu or your desktop’s application launcher.
👁 Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux Opening RealVNC Viewer on Linux
Closing Thoughts
In this tutorial, we saw how to install RealVNC Viewer on a Linux system. The process varies depending on the user’s Linux distribution, so we need to follow the proper steps based on what kind of system we are running. After getting RealVNC Viewer installed, you will be able to log in to your RealVNC account and connect to a remote RealVNC Server to control another computer.
