Using Raspberry Pi as Portable Viewer

[vosspacer]

I'm seeing a ton of material online on using a windows pc to view raspberry pi desktop via tightvnc or logmein. Is there any clients or viewers available for the pi - so I can view my pc with the pi, instead ?

Basically I would like to access files and folders on my desktop "from my pi" while I'm away from home.
Any advice would be good.

[hansotten]

Install a VNC server on your PC and use VNCViewer on the Pi.

[vosspacer]

Install a VNC server on your PC and use VNCViewer on the Pi.

I'm getting unable to locate package when typing in
sudo apt-get install tightvncviewer

is the viewer included with the server I take it ?

[B.Goode]

To use the 'native' Remote Desktop Protocol built into Windows, perhaps something like rdesktop is what you need?

Version 1.7.1 can be installed on Raspbian via sudo apt-get install rdesktop

remmina provides a similar solution and can be installed the same way.

[vosspacer]

To use the 'native' Remote Desktop Protocol built into Windows, perhaps something like rdesktop is what you need?

Version 1.7.1 can be installed on Raspbian via sudo apt-get install rdesktop

remmina provides a similar solution and can be installed the same way.

ah, thanks m8. I will certaintly check that out tomorrow. I'm experimenting with ssh putty right now on my pc. But this solution to reverse it would be ideal for what I need.

thanks for the link !

[drgeoff]

If you want access to your home PC from outside your home, then all of the above is only part of the story. (The easy part!)

You will also need to investigate port forwarding (on your router) and, if your ISP does not provide you with a static public IP address, the use of a dynamic DNS service.

[B.Goode]

+1 to what @DrGeoff said. (I think the 'away from home' bit was added while I was composing my reply.)