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tightvnc - Remote control software derived from VNC ChangeLog

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http://www.tightvnc.com/

HOWTO

# TightVNC 1.2.9
# ==============
# Because their binaries are similarly (or identically) named, TightVNC and
# RealVNC can not coexist.  If you already have RealVNC installed, see the
# bottom of it's howto for instructions for how to remove it before you
# proceed here.

# Prerequisites:
# XFree86 or X.org
# libjpeg
# zlib

cd
test -f installed/tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://download.sf.net/vnc-tight/tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "tightvnc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2
mv -f vnc_unixsrc tightvnc-1.2.9
cd tightvnc-1.2.9
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Build libvncauth, vncviewer, vncpasswd, and vncconnect:
xmkmf
make World

# Run this part to build the VNC server.  Before you run make below, either
# make sure that you have a /lib/cpp (mine is a symlink to /usr/bin/cpp) or
# run this:
# echo '#define CppCmd /usr/bin/cpp' >> Xvnc/config/cf/site.def
#
# FYI, I have been able to build the server with gcc 3.3.x, but not 3.4.x
cd Xvnc
./configure
make
cd ..

# Become root to install it
su

./vncinstall /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man

# If you want to install the Java viewer, copy the files somewhere:
mkdir -p /usr/local/vnc/classes
cp classes/* /usr/local/vnc/classes/

# Become yourself again
exit

cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/tightvnc-*.tar.*
mv tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2 installed/

# If you ever need to uninstall TightVNC:
su
( cd /usr/local/bin ; rm -f Xvnc vncconnect vncpasswd vncserver vncviewer )
( cd /usr/local/man/man1 ; rm -f Xvnc.1 vncconnect.1 vncpasswd.1 vncserver.1 \
  vncviewer.1 )
test -d /usr/local/vnc && rm -r /usr/local/vnc
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "tightvnc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/tightvnc-*.tar.*