How To Install XFCE Desktop on Centos 6 32bit/64bit VPS

I personally use Xfce desktop environment on all my vps servers bcz it is light weight desktop. Doesn’t uses too much ram so it is good for low end vps users as well as high end vps users, So Today we are going to show you complete commands to install xfce on centos 6.x 32bit and 64bit server. after complete installation decide whether xfce works better for you or any other desktop environment. But for me xfce is better 

Steps To Install XFCE4 Desktop On Centos 6.x 32bit/64bit VPS With VNC

#1. Always make sure you are using the latest os so run this command on your server to update it if your os still not updated

yum update –y

#2. For this installation we need to update centos epel so just copy paste these commands on your console window
For Centos 6x 64bit

wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

For Centos 6x 32bit

wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

#3. Now main steps begins for installing xfce

yum groupinstall xfce

#4 For VNC access install tigervnc with these commands

yum install tigervnc-server

yum install fontforge

#5 Next edit the vncserver file make sure you have nano installed so install nano first with this command

yum install nano –y

Edit vncserver file now on console

nano /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

Copy paste this line on console

VNCSERVERS=”1:root”
VNCSERVERARGS[1]=”-geometry 1024×768″

Press CTRL+X then Press Y to save the vncserver config file
#6 Create password for vnc user

vncpasswd

#7 Create xstartup script by executing this command

vncserver

#8 Edit vnc xstartup script to integrate vnc with xfce desktop

nano /root/.vnc/xstartup

Paste this line after #!/bin/sh line

/usr/bin/startxfce4

Press CTRL+X then Press Y to save the xstartup config file
#9 Change xtartup script permission

chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

#10 Force vncserver to start on every reboot or boot

chkconfig vncserver on

Now you have successfully installed xfce with vnc server. you can access your xfce desktop from any vnc client such as tight vnc viewer I will recommend java version client for windows bcz it is light weight and works best
Just Follow these steps to connect with your remote xfce4 server via vnc client
Download vnc viewer client from here
In my case I m using java client java put your ip on tight vnc viewer client and choose port 5901 and click on connect check image below

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