VNC and SSH are great utilities for remote access. As most Raspberry Pis operate headlessly, it makes a lot of sense to have those tools handy. In this article, we are going through how to install VNC and SSH on Raspberry Pi OS.
Raspberry Pi OS is the official supported Linux for Raspberry Pi devices. It’s shipped with many useful applications and utilities. One of them is raspi-config
that enables end-users to configure their Pis hassle-free without editing files directly.
Thankfully the raspi-config
utility also makes installing VNC and SSH a piece of cake.
Installing VNC
Open the terminal and type the following command,
$ sudo raspi-config
Navigate to the Interface Options
and from there select VNC
. Then enable VNC, quit the program, and restart the Pi.
On the client machine, proceed to download and install RealVNC application. The installation process is pretty straightforward regardless of the operating system you use.
Get the IP of your Pi by typing (on the Pi terminal),
$ ifconfig
Finally, open the RealVNC client (VNC viewer), type the Pi IP, then press the ok
button.
The Pi screen should appear within a few seconds.
If you got the cannot currently show the desktop
error message on the VNC viewer, don’t panic. Open the raspi-config
utility once again but this time navigate to Display Options
. Select Resolution
and set a resolution you wish. Restart the Pi. Afterward, try to connect. The problem should be gone.
Installing SSH
Open the raspi-config
utility and navigate again to the Interface Options
screen. But this time select SSH
. Quit the program and restart your Pi.
On the client-side open your terminal (or Putty if you are using Windows) and type,
$ ssh your_username@your_pi_ip
You should see the prompt for the password without any error.
The raspi-config
utility makes it easy to install VNC and SSH on Raspberry Pi OS pretty easy without any tedious configuration.
For more Pi related tutorials check out Raspberry Pi category and the GeekyHacker YouTube channel.
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