Re: VNC install--possible dependency error?
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 07:31:02AM -0400, Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> was heard to say:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 09:44:47PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> > xtightvncviewer suggests tightvncserver, and vnc-java suggests
> > vncserver.
>
> But isn't that a mistake? Why would it make sense to install multiple VNC
> servers? Shouldn't there be a pseudo-package (I think that's the right
> term) that is supplied by any of the VNC servers?
Looks like a mistake to me. I'd think suggesting vnc-server, or maybe
(say) "tightvncserver | vnc-server", would be just fine. OTOH, tightvnc
has protocol extensions and works better with its own server, so that
suggestion isn't entirely silly.
Daniel
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