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I have a google cloud instance, I installed xfce, installed and configured VNC Server using this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-16-04

Now I'm in this step: Next, you may now use a VNC client to attempt a connection to the VNC server at localhost:5901. You'll be prompted to authenticate.

What's that VNC client and how do I connect it to the VNC server?

Niminim
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You can use Remmina VNC client for Ubuntu:

sudo apt install remmina

I prefer Vinagre:

sudo apt install vinagre

For more examples, see https://www.ubuntupit.com/10-fast-and-secure-remote-desktop-client-software-for-linux/

FedKad
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  • I installed Remmina for Debian using this link: https://remmina.org/how-to-install-remmina/# – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:03
  • When I call Remmina I get: (org.remmina.Remmina:25371): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

    (org.remmina.Remmina:25371): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

     – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:06
  • I found this page: https://askubuntu.com/questions/359753/gtk-warning-locale-not-supported-by-c-library-when-starting-apps-from-th

    After this command: sudo apt-get install language-pack-en-base

    I get: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package language-pack-en-base

     – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:07
  • How can I fix this problem? – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:10
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    Did you just try sudo apt install remmina? – FedKad Jun 04 '19 at 12:10
  • I just did and got the same error: (org.remmina.Remmina:25665): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

    (org.remmina.Remmina:25665): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

     – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:23
  • @Niminim Have you removed the Debian version before installing the Ubuntu one? – Melebius Jun 04 '19 at 12:36
  • @Melebius I used the three code lines from here (for Debian): https://remmina.org/how-to-install-remmina/# – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:40
  • @Niminim And have you removed it then? If not, it might still get launched instead of the Ubuntu version you installed later. If you executed those Debian commands, do not forget to remove the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list and run sudo apt update. – Melebius Jun 04 '19 at 12:42
  • That's all I did, later I tried sudo apt install remmina. I don't think that any of the lines remove anything. – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:44
  • @Melebius I get: -bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list: Permission denied – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:45
  • @Melebius , I used the line you wrote: "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list" – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:51
  • Please, never blindly execute code from the web without understanding the context. “Remove the file blabla” is very different from “run blabla”. – Melebius Jun 04 '19 at 12:53
  • It looks like the problem has something to do with language settings. – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:53
  • I tried rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list , I get: rm: cannot remove '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list': Permission denied – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 12:58
  • Anyway, it looks like the problem has something to do with language settings, maybe if we solve that it won't be necessary to remove the Ubuntu version. – Niminim Jun 04 '19 at 13:03
  • I find the locale problem just a sign of the installed Debian binary being incompatible with your system. I’d prefer to remove the Debian repository (to prevent installing other such binaries in the future) and install the Ubuntu version. If you want us to help you with that, please start a new question containing the information you’ve posted here in comments. – Melebius Jun 05 '19 at 07:48