Sunday, October 26, 2014

Installing TeamViewer 9 in Kali Linux (Debian)




TeamViewer is nowadays most preferred remote desktop connection client. It is a product of TeamViewer company and is provided for commercial and non commercial purposes. 
For daily personal use a non-commercial (free) license serves the purpose and most people are currently using it to help their buddies when stuck in a certain task.
As we appreciate the fact people are becoming frequent users of open source Operating Systems - Kali Linux included, most people would like their systems to do what the other Proprietary software can do.
Most proprietary software provide a straight forward way of installing programs for obvious reasons; to make it user friendly and escalate it to more sales. On my view this has made people too lazy to think about what happens on the background of the installation process. Hence, "people can't think beyond the Graphics"
Kali Linux for newbies can provide the graphical installation of programs but most of the programs fail to install for obvious reasons "Newbies forget a superuser  installs programs"
To get your TeamViewer program up and running in your Debian flavor of Linux, simple commands are required  to install it. These are straight forward and do not necessarily require your intervention.
Open the Terminal on your left upper conner or go to Applications then Accessories. In the terminal copy and paste the following commands as they appear; 
please not that this installation has been tried in 32 bit Kali Linux

dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo apt-get install -f


dpkg --add-architecture i386 prepares the installation for a 32 bit installtion but in event its already configured it has a little impact.
sudo apt-get update gets the latest software upgrades from the OS developers.
wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_Linux.deb connects to the server that hosts the application and downloads it from the server. The application is downloaded to the Home folder.
sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_Linux.deb is th installation command that installs the application from the downloaded folder.
sudo apt-get install -f  checks the application that may be installed together with the applications and not required for the appplication

2 comments:

  1. Once you've figured out the problem - usually something minor - you fix it, look like a hero and go on with your life. If it takes a bit longer, you can actually set up a chat with the user of the ailing computer, walk them through a number of tests; narrow down the issue; fix it and you're on your way. The best part is you've never left your home. http://www.coroflot.com/teamviewer/How-You-Can-Install-And-Crack-TeamViewer-11

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