{"id":1488,"date":"2019-03-02T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T02:29:08","slug":"how-to-enable-vnc-server-on-raspbian-stretch-with-raspi-config","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-vnc-server-on-raspbian-stretch-with-raspi-config\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you have a VNC server enabled on your Raspbian Stretch, you will be able to access your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/glossary\/raspberry-pi\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi<\/a> from another computer. Furthermore, you will be able to use your Raspberry Pi from a graphical user interface. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/different-ways-to-enable-ssh-server-on-raspbian-stretch\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enable SSH server on your Raspbian Stretch<\/a> but is not really comfortable with a command line interface, a VNC server is what you should enable instead.<\/p>\n<p>In such a situation, you can use <code>raspi-config<\/code> to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch. Let see how we can do so.<\/p>\n<p>First, start a Terminal window by clicking on the highlighted icon at the top:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-desktop-with-a-terminal-window.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 desktop with a terminal window\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once the terminal window had started, type the following command in the terminal window:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nsudo raspi-config\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-terminal-window-with-sudo-raspi-config.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 terminal window with sudo raspi-config\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After <code>raspi-config<\/code> loads in your terminal, go through the following screens to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch:<\/p>\n<p>From the first menu screen, select <strong>Interfacing Options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/raspi-config-on-Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-with-Interfacing-Options-selected-without-window-frame.jpg\" alt=\"raspi-config on Raspbian Stretch 20181113 with Interfacing Options selected (without window frame)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the Interfacing Options menu screen appears, select <strong>VNC<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/raspi-config-on-Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-with-VNC-selected.jpg\" alt=\"raspi-config on Raspbian Stretch 20181113 with VNC selected\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you had done so, <code>raspi-config<\/code> prompts whether to enable VNC. Choose <strong>Yes<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/raspi-config-on-Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-with-Yes-selected-in-prompt-to-enable-VNC.jpg\" alt=\"raspi-config on Raspbian Stretch 20181113 with Yes selected in prompt to enable VNC\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Given that, <code>raspi-config<\/code> then show you that it had enabled VNC server on your Raspbian Stretch:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/raspi-config-on-Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-showing-message-that-VNC-server-had-been-enabled.jpg\" alt=\"raspi-config on Raspbian Stretch 20181113 showing message that VNC server had been enabled\" width=\"518\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1492\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, select <strong>Finish<\/strong> to end the configuration session:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-initial-screen-with-Finish-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config initial screen with Finish selected\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With that, VNC server is now enabled on your Raspbian Stretch.<\/p>\n\n      <ul id=\"social-sharing-buttons-list\">\n        <li class=\"facebook\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-o0\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"twitter\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-o0&via=Techcoil_com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter icon\"> Tweet\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"linkedin\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=1&title=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-o0&source=https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Linkedin icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"pinterest\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcoil.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1488&description=\" class=\"pin-it-button\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Pinterest.png\" alt=\"Pinterest icon\"> Save\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you have a VNC server enabled on your Raspbian Stretch, you will be able to access your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/glossary\/raspberry-pi\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi<\/a> from another computer. Furthermore, you will be able to use your Raspberry Pi from a graphical user interface. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/different-ways-to-enable-ssh-server-on-raspbian-stretch\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enable SSH server on your Raspbian Stretch<\/a> but is not really comfortable with a command line interface, a VNC server is what you should enable instead.<\/p>\n<p>In such a situation, you can use <code>raspi-config<\/code> to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch. Let see how we can do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[240,412,557,596,438,605],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/raspi-config-on-Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-showing-message-that-VNC-server-had-been-enabled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p245TQ-o0","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}