How To Install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32

AnyDesk is my favorite proprietary remote desktop application for connecting to remote Linux and Window machines. AnyDesk offers a smooth and seamless remote access to your computers over wide area network. In this article, we will install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32 Desktop machine.

Similar: Install TeamViewer on Fedora

Features of AnyDesk

• Real-Time Collaboration: Easy collaboratation and communication
• Highly Innovative Technology: Its DeskRT innovative codec compresses and transfers image data between computers in a way that no competing product is able to do.
• Low Latency: Works well with bandwidths as low as 100 kB/sec with near-instant responses.
• Session recording and File transfers
• Session Transfers

Install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32 Desktop

We’ll install Install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32 Desktop Yum repository. You can also install AnyDesk on Fedora by manually downloading the rpm package and installing it with yum or rpm command.

Step 1: Add AnyDesk repository

Add the repository to your system with the commands shared below.

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/AnyDesk-Fedora.repo <<EOF

[anydesk]

name=AnyDesk Fedora – stable baseurl=http://rpm.anydesk.com/fedora/x86_64/ gpgcheck=0 repo_gpgcheck=0 gpgkey=https://keys.anydesk.com/repos/RPM-GPG-KEY EOF

Step 2: Install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32

Once AnyDesk repository has been added, run the following commands to install AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32.

sudo dnf makecache
sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core anydesk

If you get an error message “nothing provides libpangox-1.0.so.0()(64bit) needed by anydesk-xxxxx.x86_64” then run:

sudo dnf --releasever=32 install pangox-compat.x86_64
sudo dnf install anydesk

The installation should proceed without any issues:

Dependencies resolved.
======================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                            Architecture                                Version                                            Repository                                    Size
======================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 anydesk                                            x86_64                                      6.1.1-1                                            anydesk                                      5.0 M
Installing dependencies:
 gtkglext-libs                                      x86_64                                      1.2.0-40.fc35                                      fedora                                       123 k

Transaction Summary
======================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  2 Packages

Total download size: 5.1 M
Installed size: 13 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

You can check the version of AnyDesk installed with the command:

$ rpm -qi anydesk
Name        : anydesk
Version     : 6.1.1
Release     : 1
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Tue 26 Oct 2021 12:59:10 AM EAT
Group       : Applications/Internet
Size        : 13542910
License     : Proprietary
Signature   : RSA/SHA512, Thu 15 Apr 2021 06:17:54 PM EAT, Key ID 18df3741cdffde29
Source RPM  : anydesk-6.1.1-1.src.rpm
Build Date  : Tue 13 Apr 2021 02:08:18 PM EAT
Build Host  : sdi-bs-deb64-01.dn.anydesk.com
Vendor      : AnyDesk Software GmbH
URL         : https://anydesk.com/
Summary     : The world's fastest remote desktop application

Step 3: Launch AnyDesk on Fedora 35/34/33/32

AnyDesk has a service which is automatically started after a successful installation.

$ systemctl status anydesk.service
● anydesk.service - AnyDesk
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/anydesk.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-10-18 08:17:35 EAT; 1min 20s ago
 Main PID: 7681 (anydesk)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 11512)
   Memory: 16.2M
   CGroup: /system.slice/anydesk.service
           ├─7681 /bin/sh /usr/bin/anydesk --service
           └─7683 /usr/libexec/anydesk --service

Oct 20 09:27:55 fed30.novalocal systemd[1]: Started AnyDesk.

The service should be enabled as well.

$ systemctl is-enabled anydesk.service
enabled

Launch AnyDesk from CLI and the Desktop or CLI.

CLI:

$ anydesk

Use AnyDesk Address of the remote system to connect to it.

A remote user will also require your AnyDesk address to be able to control your machine from a remote location. Enjoy using AnyDesk on Fedora Linux Desktop.

Reference: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-anydesk-on-fedora-linux/