Install xfce4
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
Install TigerVNC -
$ sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server
Configure VNC Server by running
$ vncserver
This will setup a password to access the server through a remote session.
Create/add this file ~/.vnc/xstartup with the following contents -
#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
startxfce4
Make the file executable -
$ chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup
Create a new service file to configure VNC Server to startup as a service on boot -
$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service
Add the following to the contents of the newly created file -
[Unit]
Description=Start TigerVNC server at startup
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=someuser
Group=someuser
WorkingDirectory=/home/someuser
PIDFile=/home/someuser/.vnc/%H:590%i.pid
ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -fg -depth 24 -geometry 1920x1080 -localhost no :%i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Update the permissions of the newly created file with
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service
Reload the daemons so that it can load the new VNC service -
$ sudo systemctl deamon-reload
Enable the VNC service so that it loads on boot -
sudo systemctl enable vncserver@1.service
Kill any existing VNC servers and start the service -
$ vncserver -kill :*
$ sudo systemctl start vncserver@1
Check the status of the service with -
$ sudo systemctl status vncserver@1
- https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2021-11-15-connecting-to-ubuntu-via-vnc-default-wm/
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1159513/unable-to-connect-through-vnc
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-22-04
- https://acloudguru.com/hands-on-labs/configuring-a-host-firewall-on-ubuntu-using-ufw
Thanks for this guide :) A little fix, it should be
sudo systemctl daemon-reloadinstead