How To Install TeamViewer In Linux

April 25th 2013,TeamViewer 8.0 is released for Linux Users makes it working in all the platform including Windows, Android, iOS and MAC OS X. TeamViewer is one of the popular Remote Desktop Client tool in Windows operating system and now you can install it in your Linux Machine too. TeamViewer can be used for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers. To install TeamViewer administrator access is required, but once installed it can be run by any user.

How To Install TeamViewer in Linux (Ubuntu 13.04/Mint 14/Kubuntu 13/04/Lubuntu 13.04) [Graphical Installation]

For Debian, Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu…download TeamViewer Debian Package 32bit version from  here and 64bit version from here.

Save the File TeamViewer._Linux.deb and open it using software Center (Ubuntu Software Center).

Click Install Button to proceed.

An Authentication windows appear to put Root password

Click on Authenticate button to proceed.

Click on Accept License Agreement

after Accepting the agreement the following windows appear.

Put Partner ID  asking by your friend where the Same version of team viewer is installed same as mine shown in above image. After putting Parter ID TeamViewer asks for password of your friend system and you are done.

Enjoy Remote access using TeamViewer in Linux operating System. You can also Transfer files but the speed is not so good when it comes to transfer the files.

How To Install TeamViewer In Linux Using Terminal [Command Line Installation]

If you don’t want to use Graphical method(which is recommended by TeamViewer website) then you can use command line method to install TeamViewer in Linux.

How To Install TeamViewer In Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Mint/Lubuntu/Debian Using Terminal

Open Terminal ( by Pressing “Ctrl+Alt+T”)

For the 32-bit package:

• sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux.deb

For the 64-bit package:

• sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux_x64.deb

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:

• sudo apt-get install -f

How To Install TeamViewer In Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, SUSE) Using Terminal

• yum install teamviewer_linux.rpm (recommended, as it will install missing dependencies)
• rpm -i teamviewer_linux.rpm

In case “yum” is asking for a missing public key, you can download it here and import the key by using following command:

• rpm --import TeamViewer_Linux_PubKey.asc

After importing the public key, please execute the “yum”-command again to install the TeamViewer rpm.

How secure is TeamViewer?

According to TeamViewer Developers

“All TeamViewer versions use full encryption. Encryption is based on 1024bit RSA private/public key exchange and 256 Bit AES session encoding. This uses the same security level as https/SSL and is considered completely safe by today’s standards. The key exchange also guarantees that the data channel is completely encoded from client to client and that any routers or servers in between (including our routers) are unable to read or analyze the data stream. Security and privacy have always been a top priority during development.”