How TO Install AnyDesk on PopOS

Install AnyDesk on PopOS

AnyDesk is the open source remote desktop application. It is one of the world’ s most comfortable remote desktop application. Access all your programs, documents and files from anywhere, without having to entrust your data to a cloud service. You can say it’ s an alternative of the TeamView, which is available free. AnyDesk provides the faster remote connection than any other existing remote desktop application. It is so simple to install AnyDesk on PopOS and this tutorial sheds light on it.

Installing AnyDesk

First, make Download sure you have downloaded the AnkDesk package by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://download.anydesk.com/linux/anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb
--2018-03-17 23:18:39--  https://download.anydesk.com/linux/anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb
Resolving download.anydesk.com (download.anydesk.com)... 188.40.104.135, 2a01:4f8:221:2841::2
Connecting to download.anydesk.com (download.anydesk.com)|188.40.104.135|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3110288 (3.0M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb.1’ 
anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd 100%[===================> ]   2.97M   205KB/s    in 18s     
2018-03-17 23:18:58 (170 KB/s) - ‘ anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb.1’  saved [3110288/3110288]

Once it is downloaded, you need to install GDEBI, the Debian package installer, by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-keybinder-3.0
  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic libgtkglext1 libkeybinder-3.0-0 libpango1.0-0
  libpangox-1.0-0 python3-pylast
Use ' apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gdebi
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 167 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/23.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 173 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package gdebi.
(Reading database ... 202139 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gdebi_0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3) ...

You shall now proceed with the installation of AnyDesk using the recently installed GDEBI in the following manner.

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

the world' s fastest remote desktop application
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package anydesk.
(Reading database ... 202154 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack anydesk_2.9.5-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking anydesk (2.9.5-1) ...
Setting up anydesk (2.9.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

Once Gdebi is installed, you need to go to the search field and type anydesk , it shows. app. Icon click to open

The application is now open.

With this the installation of AnyDesk on Popos comes to an end.