TightVNC Documentation

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Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question about TightVNC, or experience a problem, the first place you might want to look is the TightVNC FAQ.

Windows Version

A brief document covering TightVNC installation and use in Windows systems:

• TightVNC for Windows: Installation and Getting Started (English)
• The same document, translated to Indonesian (contributed by Hendry Lee)

The documents included into the source distribution:

• BUILDING.txt

Unix Version

If you are running a Linux distribution compatible with Fedora Core 6, you don't have to compile the code yourself, as there are RPM packages available. For other Unix users, here is the README file from the source distribution describing how to build and install the Unix version:

• Unix Installation Help

Each program found in the distribution of TightVNC for Unix has a corresponding manual page:

• vncviewer (1)
• vncserver (1)
• Xvnc (1)
• vncpasswd (1)
• vncconnect (1)

Java Viewer

Here is the README file from the Java Viewer distribution which describes all parameters supported in the TightVNC Java Viewer:

• Java viewer README

Contributed Documentation

This section lists various documents contributed to the TightVNC project:

• TightVNC for Windows: Installation and Getting Started (Spanish version)
  Translator: Miguel Corsi, miguelcorsi at yahoo.com, www.traduki.com.ar