Hello, i am a summer intern working with a linux creation image....and one of my jobs is to install REAL VNC on my pc....im not sure how to install it, and which version and whether to download the rpm or source versions....HELP!!

I need help knowing which to download and then help with once i download it, what do i do..EXACTLY...in order to install/configure it!! I am very new with linux and this is stressing me out!! I am not good with programming and this installation/configuration is soo confusing...i just want to get this realvnc to work!!

Thank you!

Whether you install from rpm or source depends on your distribution. I suggest you try using the rpm first, and only use source if you can't get the rpm working. To use an rpm, download it, then run, from a command line, "rpm -ivh <rpmfile.rpm>", where rpmfile.rpm is your file to install. Be sure you do this in the directory you saved the rpm file in, or give the path to it so rpm can find it. You have to be root to install rpms (normal users don't have permission to wrtie to places where software would be installed).

If this doesn't work, you can try downloading the source file. To install from source, do the following:
tar -xvzf <sourcefile.tar.gz> (if it's .tar.bz2, use tar -xvjf <sourcefile.tar.bz2> instead)
cd <source directory>
./configure
make
(at this point, use "su" to become root if you are not already root)
make install

Good luck. If you get errors from whatever method you use, post them here. It would help also if you would tell us what distribution of Linux you are using.

Sorry...I am using RedHat 9.0...something i shouldve included!!

I will try to do both of those options then see what i get and will post them here. Thank you soo much!!

Ok so installed using the rpm, heres what i did:

1) i became root
2) i did an ls to find my vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm
3) then i did an ls vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm
4) then i did the rpm -ivh vnc-4.0-1.i38.rpm
then the computer said: preparing.....
1:vnc ######### [100%]
######### [100%]

and that is all that happened...is this correct or did it nt work??

looks like it installed ok - check the manual to see how to launch the app.

Excellent...thank you!!

Where do i access the manual so that i can see how to launch the app??

Thank you soo much, again!

it prolly created files for you to check out - if they are not in the dir that you installed the app then run a search:

find / -name "vnc"

or some other more specific search.

Ok, so i dont wanna be root anymore, rite...

i went back to my local host and typed ls and it is showing that the vnc is still a .rpm...is that ok?? And if so, how do i look in that directory to see ?? Im sorry....im just very new at all this!!

And, if i need to do a search id type

find / -name "then whatever" or would i not include the word name??? and would that "then whatever" just be vnc-4.0-1. i386??

it is definately worth getting a beginners book for Linux or Unix to get past the basic commands.
cd /directory will move you into /directory

Be in the location you ran the rpm installation then type
ls
this will show you the contents of the dir
you may find a folder created by the install containing documentation etc.

You NEED to read the installation instructions and the README files that came with the installation. If you cannot find it go to the site where you got the app and read their instructions and figure out how what command to type in order to start the app.

You can try just guessing the name and typing "realvnc" at the command prompt... if that doesn't work, you'll need to check the documentation (try looking at the site you got the file from, for starters) to see what the name of the program is to run it.

Ok, so i go to find the vnc directory and there is not one there so i try to make the directory vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm but it is saying that it exists but is not a directory....so i cant do anything w/it really!

Any suggestions??

Try "rpm -ql vnc-4.0-1.i386.rpm" "rpm -ql vnc-4.0" and "rpm -ql vnc".

Two of these will generate errors, one will give you a list of files (sorry I can't tell which is which -- Slackware (my distro of choice) doesn't use rpm, so I'm a bit rusty on that). Post the list of files here.

find / -name "vnc"


then post any results here.

Ok, i got vnc up and running....wow it wasnt too bad now that its up and running and i understand it...haha


Thank you for helping me out!!

good for you!
It is usually much easier that expected to get stuff working. You'd be amazed at how many times the real simple stuff is the answer.