How to install TeamViewer on CentOS 8
TeamViewer is a cross-platform solution that can be used for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, and file transfer between computers. TeamViewer is a proprietary computer software, it is not included in the source repository of CentOS.
This article describes how to install TeamViewer on CentOS 8.
1. Prerequisites##
You need to log in as root or another user with sudo privileges so that you can install packages on your CentOS system.
2. Install TeamViewer on CentOS
Perform the following steps to install TeamViewer on CentOS 8.
- The software packages that TeamViewer depends on are in the EPEL software source repository. If EPEL is not enabled on your system, enter the following command to enable it:
sudo dnf install epel-release
- Enter the following command to import the GPG keys of the TeamViewer source warehouse:
sudo rpm --import https://dl.tvcdn.de/download/linux/signature/TeamViewer2017.asc
- Enter the following command to install the
rpmpackage of TeamViewer:
sudo dnf install https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer.x86_64.rpm
When prompted, enter y to continue the installation process.
At this point, you have successfully installed TeamViewer on your CentOS 8 machine. You can now connect to the computers of your friends or customers and help them solve problems.
Three, start TeamViewer
TeamViewer can be started in the following two ways: 1. Enter teamviewer on the command line 2. Click the TeamViewer icon (App->Network->TeamViewer):
When you start TeamViewer for the first time, you will be prompted to accept the user agreement:
Click the button on the user agreement to accept the user agreement, and a window similar to the following will be displayed:
Fourth, upgrade TeamViewer
During the installation process, the official TeamViewer source repository will be added to your system. You can use the cat command to verify the contents of the file:
cat /etc/yum.repos.d/teamviewer.repo
[ teamviewer]
name=TeamViewer - $basearch
baseurl=http://linux.teamviewer.com/yum/stable/main/binary-$basearch/
gpgkey=http://linux.teamviewer.com/pubkey/currentkey.asc
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
type=rpm-md
failovermethod=priority
When a new version is released through your desktop standard software upgrade tool, this will ensure that your TeamViewer can be automatically upgraded.
Five, summary##
We will show you how to install TeamViewer on CentOS 8. For more information about TeamViewer, please visit Official Knowledge Base.
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