The AnyDesk Audio Feature transmits sound from the remote device to the local device. It can be enabled or disabled in the 'Permissions'-section of the Accept Window before or during an AnyDesk session, as well as in the 'Permissions'-settings at the top of the AnyDesk window during a session. AnyDesk offers excellent response speeds that will prevent you from falling into despair whenever you have to start a remote session on another computer. It's simple, intuitive, and fast and maintains the original image and sound quality from the computer that stores the files you want to access.
Anydesk is a remote desktop application for Linux, Windows, Mac, and other platforms. It claims to be the fastest and easiest to use, compared to other remote applications on the market. Here’s how to install it on Linux.
Anydesk Linux installation – Ubuntu
On Ubuntu, the Anydesk app is installed by downloading a DEB package from the official website. To start the installation, open up a terminal window. You can open up a terminal window on Ubuntu by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by searching for “Terminal” in the app menu.
Once the terminal window is open and ready to go, execute the following wget download command to download the latest Anydesk DEB package for Ubuntu.
Note: Don’t want to use the wget download command to grab the latest Anydesk package? Head over to the AnyDesk official download page and grab it there.
After downloading the latest Ubuntu DEB package for Anydesk on your Linux PC, the installation can begin. Using the CD command, access the “Downloads” directory on your Linux PC.
Inside of the “Downloads” folder, use the following Apt installation command to get Anydesk set up on your Ubuntu PC.
Anydesk Linux installation – Debian
To install Anydesk on Debian Linux, you will need to download the DEB package from the official website. To start the download, launch a terminal window. You can launch a terminal window on Debian Linux by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by searching for “Terminal” in the app menu.
With the terminal window open, use the following wget download command to grab the latest Anydesk DEB package for your Debian Linux PC.
Note: Not interested in using the wget download command to get the latest Anydesk package? Head over to the AnyDesk official download page instead.
After downloading the Anydesk DEB package to your Debian Linux PC, start the installation by using the CD command to move into the “Downloads” directory.
Once inside the “Downloads” directory, use the dpkg command to install the Anydesk DEB package on your Debian Linux PC.
After installing the package on Debian, you will need to correct any dependency issues that may have arisen by using the apt-get install -f command.
Anydesk Linux installation – Arch Linux
Anydesk is available for Arch Linux users. However, there are no download instructions on the Anydesk website. Instead, Arch Linux users will need to rely on the Arch Linux AUR.
To start the installation, you will need to install the Trizen AUR helper. Install Trizen with the commands below.
After installing the Trizen AUR helper, you will be able to install Anydesk on Arch Linux with the following command.
Anydesk Linux installation – Fedora
To install Anydesk on Fedora Linux, you will need to download the Anydesk RPM file from the official website. To start the download, open up a terminal window on the Fedora desktop. To open up a terminal window press Ctrl + Alt + T or search for “terminal” in the app menu.
With the terminal window open and ready to go, make use of the wget command below to download the latest Anydesk RPM package for Fedora Linux.
Note: Don’t feel like using the wget download command to get the latest Anydesk package? Go to the AnyDesk official download page instead.
When the Anydesk RPM package is done downloading to your Fedora Linux PC, the installation can begin. Using the CD command, move the terminal window into the “Downloads” directory.
Inside of the “Downloads” directory, make use of the dnf install command to load up the Anydesk RPM package to your computer.
Anydesk Linux installation – OpenSUSE
OpenSUSE Linux has support for Anydesk thanks to the downloadable RPM package from the Anydesk website. To get Anydesk working on your OpenSUSE Linux PC, start by opening up a terminal window on the OpenSUSE desktop.
To open up a terminal window on the OpenSUSE Linux desktop press Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Alternatively, search through your app menu for the “Terminal” app and launch it that way.
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Once the terminal window is open and ready to go, make use of the wget command below to download the latest OpenSUSE Anydesk RPM package to your PC.
Note: Not interested in using the wget download command to get the latest Anydesk package? Head over to the AnyDesk official download page instead.
After downloading the latest RPM package file to your OpenSUSE Linux PC, the installation can begin. Using the CD command, move into the “Downloads” directory.
From here, install the Anydesk RPM package on OpenSUSE with the zypper install command.
Anydesk Linux installation – Flatpak
Anydesk is available as a Flatpak package on Flathub. To start the installation, you must have the latest Flatpak runtime configured on your Linux PC. To do that, follow this guide on the subject.
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Once you’ve set up the Flatpak runtime on your computer, you’ll be able to install Anydesk on your Linux system with the two commands below.
AnyDesk may only receive sessions when Accessibility and Screen Recording permission is granted by the macOS system.
Add AnyDesk to trusted apps in order to work correctly.
permission reminder | AnyDesk requires security permissions from macOS for remote input, screen recording and disc access. Click Configure to open macos system preferences and set permissions for AnyDesk accordingly. |
system permission request | Click System Preferences to open Security & Privacy |
macOS system preferences | 1. Unlock Security & Privacy by clicking the lock. 2. Switch to the Privacy tab. |
Accessing system preferences manually
Set the permissions for AnyDesk in the Privacy Tab of Security & Privacy.
Security & Privacy is located in System Preferences on MacOS.
There are several methods to get there:
Apple Menu | Apple Launchpad |
| Click the Apple menu and choose System Preferences... | Type System Preferences in the Launchpad and confirm with enter. |
Apple Dock | |
| Open System Preferences from the Dock. |
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