Controlling the desktop remotely using VNC
The VNC (Virtual Network Computing) system is a great choice if you need to control your LXDE desktop remotely. In this recipe, we are discovering how to install a VNC server and connect to the Banana Pi using a VNC client.
The following ingredients are required to build a VNC server on the Banana Pi:
We are going to install the VNC server onto our Banana Pi and access the Banana Pi remotely via a VNC client.
Installing the VNC server on the Banana Pi
Installing and running the VNC server is quite simple:
Open a shell.
Install the x11vnc
package:
Apt will ask you to confirm the installation of the dependency packages.
Enter Y
to continue the installation.
After a few seconds to minutes, the VNC server is installed.
Run the VNC server:
The VNC server will start and you can access it via a VNC...