Setting Up Any Desk

How to Install Any Desk on Unbuntu

Change to root:

sudo -i

Step 1. Add Anydesk repository key to the Trusted software providers list.

wget -qO - https://keys.anydesk.com/repos/DEB-GPG-KEY | apt-key add -

Step 2. Now add the repository to the sources list.
Below command will put the repository entry in a new file under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory.
* Execute as single command

echo "deb http://deb.anydesk.com/ all main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/anydesk-stable.list

Step 3. Update the apt cache by running below command.

apt update

Step 4. Now install the software. This command will download and install Anydesk from repository along with dependencies.

apt install anydesk

 

Issues

After installing AnyDesk, the following error is presented:

To fix the problem, we have to edit a file.

sudo gedit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

• Uncomment line 7 "WaylandEnable=false"
• Uncomment line 10 "AutomaticLoginEnable = true"
• Uncomment line 11 "AutomaticLogin = $USERNAME"  (note change to $USERNAME if a different value was there)

Then re-boot the Linux machine.