Mac vnc connect to raspberry pi install#

Once you connect SSH to Raspberry Pi, we will be able to activate the VNC server which is installed by default on Raspbian (on previous versions, it was necessary to install itself real-vnc).įor that, nothing very complicated, you just need to run the command sudo raspi-config, select the line Interfacing Options, then line VNC, and finally answer that you want to enable VNC.

Mac vnc connect to raspberry pi how to#

The first step will therefore be to connect to the Raspberry Pi in SSH, if you do not know how to, follow our tutorial to learn how to connect in SSH to the Raspberry Pi. In order to connect to your Raspberry Pi with VNC, we will first have to activate it. So you can see in real time what is happening on your Raspberry Pi, without having to plug it into a screen! Enable the VNC server on your Raspberry Pi The main interest of VNC is that it allows to take control of a remote machine, while displaying the desktop of it. It is installed on the machine from which you wish to control the server and it will allow to translate your actions into operations comprehensible by the server which will then control the remote machine from your computer. The second part is therefore the VNC client. This one is installed on the machine we want to take control of (here the Raspberry Pi), and it will allow the connection and the control by the client part. When using VNC, two different parts of the software are used. VNC, or Virtual Network Computing, is a system allowing remote control of one computer by another.

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Today we will see how to use VNC to control your Raspberry Pi from another computer, so you can use your Raspberry Pi without screen! Materials needed to set up VNCįor this tutorial, we will need only a very minimal installation:

It is a classic problem, and always annoying. If you use Raspberry Pi regulargly, you may have already needed to use the graphical interface of the Raspberry Pi without having monitor available.

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