HP-UX

The following instructions are valid for HP-UX 11i r3. Instructions may differ slightly for different versions of HP-UX, but the principle is the same. If in doubt, consult the operating system documentation.

Patching HP-UX 11.00

You must first apply HP's most recent linker tool cumulative patch, PHSS_39077, to computers running HP-UX 11.00.

Note this patch is currently only available if you have a support agreement with HP. For more information, visit HP's IT Resource Center.

Removing VNC Enterprise Edition

If VNC Enterprise Edition is installed, you should remove it.

If you have a valid support and upgrades contract, first preserve your license key. To do this, copy /etc/vnc/licensekey to a safe location. If you do not have a valid support and upgrades contract, you need take no action; you will need to obtain a new license key anyway.

To find out whether you have a valid support and upgrades contract, run the command vnclicense -list. A contract is valid for one year from the date of issue of the license key, so in the following example until 17th November 2012: 1   10 desktops   2011/11/18   [full]

To uninstall VNC Enterprise Edition, run the following command as a user with administrative privileges: swremove vnc-E

Downloading VNC

Download the VNC for HP-UX depot tarball. VNC Server and VNC Viewer are included as separate installable packages.

Note: VNC Viewer is freely available to download to as many other computers that you wish to exercise control from as you like.

If you wish to script installation of VNC Server and VNC Viewer together, download the VNC for HP-UX generic installer instead.

Installing VNC

At the command line

Installing VNC at the command line or via SSH is quick and convenient providing defaults are acceptable. To install VNC Server, run the following command as a user with administrative privileges, and perform the standard installation procedure: swinstall -s <absolute path to VNC Server>.depot

Note: This command fails with a relative path.

To install VNC Viewer, repeat this operation for <VNC Viewer>.depot.

Scripting installation

If you want to configure installation, run a script to specify programs and locations.

Licensing VNC Server

VNC Server must be licensed. If it is not, users cannot connect. More information…

Note: VNC Viewer does not require a license key.

Reinstating a valid VNC Enterprise Edition license key

To do this, copy a preserved licensekey file back to /etc/vnc.

At the command line

Obtain a license key, and then run the following command as a user with administrative privileges: /usr/local/bin/vnclicense -add <license key>

Additional steps

VNC is installed in /usr/local/bin. To configure paths for all users, and to provide access to the reference documentation, add the following to /etc/profile:

Removing VNC

Run the following command as a user with administrative privileges: swremove realvnc-vnc-server realvnc-vnc-viewer