Setting up VNC Server on Raspberry Pi Lite (Headless)

- December 05, 2025

2025: Setting up VNC Server with OMV on Bookworm- Raspberry Pi Lite (Headless)

After Several hours of trial and error method only "tightvncserver" works well with headless Pi image.

More details info on :-

https://www.gouti1454.com/p/kali-linux-hands-on.html#2025:SettingupVNCServer

sudo raspi-config
Select the Interface and enable VNC
Display option -> VNC resolution -> select highest value

Was trying earlier with "realvnc-vnc-server realvnc-vnc-viewer", which resulted in errors like:-

could not connect to vnc server. please ensure that you have the required licence for this feature.
vnc server cannot currently show the desktop.

These are the commands, helped to achieve the barebone "lxde" desktop environment.

sudo apt install lxde-core tightvncserver
sudo apt-get install xfonts-base
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-evdev
sudo apt install xinit xfonts-base
sudo apt install --reinstall lxterminal
sudo apt install lxpanel
sudo apt install lxappearance
sudo apt install -y lxde-core xrdp

lxde -desktop on Headless Pi

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