How to Install Raspberry Pi Ubuntu VNC? (64 Bit)

How to Install Raspberry Pi Ubuntu VNC? (64 Bit)

How to Install Raspberry Pi Ubuntu VNC? (64 Bit)

 Hello everyone, as you know, Raspberry Pi devices can now be purchased with 4GB or more RAM and 64-bit operating systems can be installed on these systems. However, even though we install a 64-bit operating system, it still does not work as efficiently and performantly as the 32-bit versions. 

What I actually mean by efficient and performant here is that the software/programs we are looking for, which are normally available on the 32-bit versions, have not yet fully arrived on the 64-bit version.

When we install an alternative 64-bit operating system like Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi models with over 4GB RAM to benefit from the full memory, one of the programs that exists in 32-bit but not in 64-bit versions is VNC.

Currently, it is not possible to install the original version of VNC on this operating system, but we can install its alternative. The name of the alternative software we will install is "tightvncserver" anyway, we have extended our introduction long enough, let's slowly move on to how to install it.

How to Install TightVNCServer?

First, we connect to our device via SSH or if you are using the desktop version, open the terminal.

After opening the terminal, as always on a Linux operating system, we check for updates.
To check for updates

sudo apt update 

We enter the command. After the system updates are checked, we can now install TightVNCServer.
To start the installation

sudo apt install tightvncserver

We enter the command. To start VNC at 1280x720 resolution, enter the following command.

tightvncserver -geometry 1280x720

We enter the command. Here, you can change the "1280x720" part and enter any resolution you want, but I do not recommend entering very high resolution values.

Note: The reason why I do not recommend entering a very high resolution is that the program does not work as stably as the original VNC.

After this step, create a password and proceed. 
A screen will appear asking you to set a password. Here, first enter the password that has access permission, and then enter the password for the viewer mode, that is, for users without control.
After these steps, the installation will be completed.

Connecting from the VNC Program

Now that we've completed the steps above, we can search for the address "raspberry.local:1" or the IP address of the device in the VNC program and connect to our device remotely.

How to Install Raspberry Pi Ubuntu VNC? (64 Bit)


After this, you will be able to connect without any problems.