How to start AnyDesk in Ubuntu using command prompt

I am using my remote desktop via AnyDesk and I have rebooted my remote Ubuntu machine.

Now I want to launch AnyDesk using the command line prompt to access the remote machine using the AnyDesk app.

5 Answers

The following worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04 (both client and remote)

Kill anydesk

sudo killall anydesk

Start the anydesk service

sudo anydesk --service

Source:

Step 1: Update Ubuntu System

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y upgrade

Step 2: Add AnyDesk repository

wget -qO - | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/anydesk-stable.list

Step 3: Install AnyDesk on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04 LTS

sudo apt update
sudo apt install anydesk

Step 4: Launch AnyDesk on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04

$ anydesk

You can also use this:

sudo systemctl start anydesk

I was facing the same issue, fixed the issue using this, Anydesk remote server display not supported e.g Wayland

vim /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

Edit the following lines with $USERNAME as your Ubuntu username;

[daemon] # Enabling automatic login AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=$USERNAME

You can just enter anydesk then once the client is launched enter the id and password of machine which you want to connect to .

Here is a list of the available command if you want to stay on the command prompt