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# VirtScreen
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> Make your iPad/tablet/computer as a secondary monitor on Linux.
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VirtScreen is an easy-to-use Linux GUI app that creates a virtual secondary screen and shares it through VNC.
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VirtScreen is based on [PyQt5](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro) and [Twisted](https://twistedmatrix.com) in Python side and uses [x11vnc](https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc) and XRandR.
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## Installation & running
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### Installing dependancies
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You need [`x11vnc`](https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc) and `xrandr`. To install (example on Ubuntu):
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```bash
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$ sudo apt-get install x11vnc
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```
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### Installing package
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#### From the Git repository
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```bash
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$ python setup.py install # add --user option if you have permission problem
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```
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### How to run
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Simply run `virtscreen` after installation:
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```bash
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$ virtscreen
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```
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If you want to run it directly from the Git repository:
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```bash
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$ ./launch.sh
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```
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Note that any files related to VirtScreen, including password and log, will be stored in `~/.virtscreen` directory.
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