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Make your Pi discoverable on a local (Mac) network
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Pi-Bonjour.md

  • Install Avahi Netatalk

    sudo apt-get install netatalk

  • Make VNC service available via Bonjour

    • Create a file /etc/avahi/services/rfb.service (as root) with this content:
     		<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?>
 		<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
 		<service-group>
 		  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
 		  <service>
 		    <type>_rfb._tcp</type>
 		    <port>5900</port>
 		  </service>
 		</service-group>

  • Reboot Pi

    sudo reboot

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rfb.service
<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?>
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
<service>
<type>_rfb._tcp</type>
<port>5900</port>
</service>
</service-group>
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