Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r13.1-579

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

gtk-vnc-1.6.0

Introduction to Gtk VNC

The Gtk VNC package contains a VNC viewer widget for GTK+. It is built using coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded.

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Package Information

Gtk VNC Dependencies

Required

GnuTLS-3.8.13, GTK-3.24.52, and libgcrypt-1.12.4

Recommended

GLib-2.90.1 (with GObject Introspection), Vala-0.56.19, and PulseAudio-17.0

Optional

Cyrus SASL-2.1.28 and Gi-DocGen-2026.1 (for generating documentation)

Installation of Gtk VNC

Install Gtk VNC by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D with-vala=disabled: This switch disables building of the Vala bindings. Add this if you decide to build gtk-vnc without vala installed.

Contents

Installed Program: gvnccapture
Installed Libraries: libgtk-vnc-2.0.so, libgvnc-1.0.so and libgvncpulse-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gtk-vnc-2.0, /usr/include/gvnc-1.0 and /usr/include/gvncpulse-1.0

Short Descriptions

gvnccapture

is used to capture image from VNC server

libgtk-vnc-2.0.so

contains the GTK+ 3 bindings for Gtk VNC

libgvnc-1.0.so

contains the GObject bindings for Gtk VNC

libgvncpulse-1.0.so

is the PulseAudio bridge for Gtk VNC