How does one setup and run tightvncserver on Raspberry PI?

Question

I am very new to tightvncserver on Raspberry PI. So, I researched online and I am still confused. First, I came across this webpage How to setup tightvncserver on Raspberry PI website about tightvncserver and I did not find any option in the Raspi-Config to enable tightvncserver. So, I ended up manually installing tightvncserver and don't know how to start or set it up. I tried to connect to PI's tightvncserver using tigervncviewer and it refused to connect. Could someone please give me some guidance. I am running Raspbian Jessie.

• Milliways: You have to run tightvncserver. It asks for a password. It is possible then to have it start on boot - this requires a script.
• Andy Anderson: You do not state the OS you are using. If it is Raspbian then it will be installed with the desktop version (not lite).

Answer 1

I wrote up a how-to for TigerVNC, which you can easily modify for tightvnc. See https://github.com/gitbls/RPiVNCHowTo/blob/master/README.md. Oh, I just noticed that you’re using Jessie, not Stretch. I haven’t tested it on Jessie, since it’s old and moldy and no longer supported.

Answer 2

The following provides a way to set password, although you are normally prompted to do this on first run Set VNC password To set up to run on boot Start VNC on Jessie at boot

Answer 3

First, upgrade to Raspberry Pi Os Buster.

raspi-config configures RealVNC VNC server. If you enable it, raspi-config issues these commands under the covers:

apt-get install realvnc-vnc-server
systemctl enable vncserver-x11-serviced.service
systemctl start vncserver-x11-serviced.service