Today we are going to learn that how to install TeamViewer on our Ubuntu system. Before proceeding towards the installation procedure let’s have a short introduction about the TeamViewer for those who are not familiar with it.
TeamViewer is an application available on Windows, Mac and Linux Operating systems so we can install it on any of the operating system mentioned but here we are going to install it on Linux system. It provides the facility of remote control for performing different tasks on the remote machine. You can easily manage the remote system and perform different tasks according to your needs. So, let’s begin the installation.
Step 1: Update your system
As usual we do, update your system before installing any package on our system. Simply run the following command
sabi@Ubuntu-18:~$ sudo apt -y update
0% [Working]
Hit:1 http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:2 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease
Hit:3 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/java/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
All packages are up to date.
Step 2: Download Teamviewer
Visit the official page of Teamviewer to download the teamviewer package for your system. You can also run the given command to download the package using wget. If you don’t have already installed wget install it by sudo apt install wget command.
sabi@Ubuntu-18:~$ wget https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer_amd64.deb
--2020-04-25 23:11:42-- https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer_amd64.deb
Resolving download.teamviewer.com (download.teamviewer.com)… 104.16.63.16, 104.16.62.16, 2606:4700::6810:3f10, …
Connecting to download.teamviewer.com (download.teamviewer.com)|104.16.63.16|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302 Found
Location: https://dl.teamviewer.com/download/linux/version_15x/teamviewer_15.4.4445_amd64.deb [following]
--2020-04-25 23:11:43-- https://dl.teamviewer.com/download/linux/version_15x/teamviewer_15.4.4445_amd64.deb
Resolving dl.teamviewer.com (dl.teamviewer.com)… 104.16.63.16, 104.16.62.16, 2606:4700::6810:3f10, …
Connecting to dl.teamviewer.com (dl.teamviewer.com)|104.16.63.16|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 14585830 (14M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘teamviewer_amd64.deb’
teamviewer_amd64. 100%[============>] 13.91M 1.16MB/s in 12s
2020-04-25 23:11:55 (1.20 MB/s) - ‘teamviewer_amd64.deb’ saved [14585830/14585830]
Once the package is downloaded install it by
sudo apt install -y ./teamviewer_amd64.deb
You’ll see the similar output upon successful installation.
Setting up qt5-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5qml5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5quick5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5sensors5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick2:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5widgets5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-layouts:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5printsupport5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5svg5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-window2:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-dialogs:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5webchannel5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up libqt5webkit5:amd64 (5.212.0~alpha2-7ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-controls:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) …
Setting up teamviewer (15.4.4445) …
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) …
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) …
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) …
Step 3: Launching TeamViewer on Ubuntu 18.04
Go to your installed applications and look for the TeamViewer application. After it click on it to open Teamviewer.
A welcome screen will appear that require you to accept the license agreement. Accept it and you’ll see the next screen like below.
Now, you can easily connect to the remote host or provide your id and password for providing access to other machine.
So, this is how you can install TeamViewer on your Ubuntu system.
