Chrome remote desktop для linux

Chrome Remote Desktop Install for Linux

Chrome Remote Desktop Install for Linux

Here I will explain how to install and setup Chrome Remote Desktop install for Linux.

You will also see how to Enable remote connections on your Linux box so you can log in unattended, 24/7.

**** NOTE: make sure you have a backup. I am still working on the .chrome-remote-desktop-session file. right now is messing up the desktop. So only set this up right now if you have a very good back up of your Box…. Just warning you….***********

Set up Chrome Remote Desktop

Step 1:

Install the Chrome Remote Desktop app on every computer you want to access remotely and every computer you’d like to connect from.

1. Visit the Chrome Remote Desktop app page in the Chrome Web Store.
2. In the upper-right corner of the window, click the blue + Free button to download Chrome Remote Desktop.
3. Click Add in the confirmation dialog.Once the app has been added, the Chrome Remote Desktop icon will appear in the App Launcher When you open Chrome Remote Desktop app for the first time, you’ll be asked to authorize it. This will allow the app to do the following:

• See your email address
• See your Chrome Remote Desktop computers
• Receive and send chat messages (this is how we get the two computers to “talk” to each other)

Stop here and go to the next section Install the Debian package

Applies only Debian and Ubuntu – Mint (12.04 or higher)

Chrome Remote Desktop for Linux is currently in active development. To run this app on Linux, you’ll need to create a separate virtual desktop
session.

Install the Debian package

Download and install one of the following Debian packages for the Host components. When you click one of the links below, the package will
download automatically. Click on the package you need and download it.

The software will update on its own.

Now open a Terminal Window and change to your Download directory by typing in Exp: cd /home/bob/Downloads and hit enter

Now in the Terminal Window type in sudo dpkg -i chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb then hit enter (or sudo dpkg -i chrome-remote-desktop_current_i386.deb if you have a 32 bit box)

Next type in: sudo /etc/init.d/chrome-remote-desktop stop then hit enter This makes sure the service is not running yet….

Step 2:

Create a virtual desktop session

1. Create a file called .chrome-remote-desktop-session in your home directory. This should be a shell script that starts your preferred desktop environment.
2. Find the correct command to start the desktop by looking in /usr/share/xsessions/ for the desktop entry. For example, has the line: (This was for a Mint 17 XFCE box) Open a simple Text Editor and add just the following line. Then save the file to your Home Directory. Exp: save to /home/bob/ .chrome-remote-desktop-session
   startxfce4

3. Now with the Text Editor already open, find the file .profile from your home directory Exp : /home/bob/ .profile (Note: any file that has a .
(period) in front of it is a hidden file.

4. At the end of the file on a new line add the following

Now Save the file…

5. Next type in your Terminal Window: sudo /etc/init.d/chrome-remote-desktop start then hit enter

Making it all Work…

Enable remote connections

1. Open the Chrome Remote Desktop web app.
2. Click “Enable remote connections.”
3. Enter a PIN and re-type the PIN. Then click OK.
4. Dismiss the confirmation dialog.
5. Close all programs and then reboot

That should be it, you should be able to log into the box you just set up with Chrome Remote Desktop. Just don’t forget the pin you created. If you forget you can always go back into Chrome and disable and then re enable Enable remote connections it will ask you for a new pin number.

Reference for this article can be seen at: Chrome Remote Desktop

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Install and Setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04

In this guide, we are going to learn how to install and setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. Google Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to remotely access and control another computer over the Internet through a protocol called Chromoting on Google Chrome browsers.

Install and Setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04

Install Google Chrome Browser on Ubuntu 20.04

To be able to use Chrome Remote Desktop, you need to have Google browsers, Chromium or Google Chrome. Follow the guide below to learn how to install Chrome Browser on Ubuntu 20.04 if you don’t have it installed yet.

Sign in Google Account

Before you can begin to setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 login to your Google account on your browser using your gmail account.

Install Chrome Remote Desktop Extension

Next, you navigate to Chrome extensions page and search for Chrome remote desktop.

Click Add to Chrome to install the extension.

After the installation, you should be able to see the Chrome remote desktop icon just beside your search address bar on the right.

Install Chrome Remote Desktop Package

Next, install Chrome remote desktop package which provides the required host components;

You can as well navigate to the download folder, /tmp, in this case, and run the command;

Enable Remote Desktop Connections

To allow remote access to your Ubuntu 20.04 via Chrome remote desktop tool, you need to enable this by opening the Chrome remote desktop extension or just using the remote desktop access address, https://remotedesktop.google.com/access and clicking TURN ON as shown in the screenshot below;

If you do not see the TURN ON button, simply create the Chrome remote desktop configuration directory on your home directory;

Once you create the directory, reload the access URL above.

Next, enter the name of your system;

Click Next to set the remote connection PIN. Ensure that the PIN is at least 6 digits.

Once you set the PIN, click START to run Chrome Remote Desktop.

If prompted for authentication to run Chrome remote desktop, authenticate and proceed.

Chrome Remote Desktop is now up and running on your Ubuntu 20.04.

Accessing Ubuntu 20.04 through Chrome Remote Desktop

To be able to access your Ubuntu 20.04 remotely via Chrome remote desktop, you need to have Chrome remote desktop installed on that system and signed into Google account using the same gmail address.

For example, in our demo, Ubuntu 20.04 is our remote desktop to be accessed from an Ubuntu 16.04 desktop system. Since both systems have the tool installed and signed in using the same gmail id, then, we should be able to see our remote desktop, Ubuntu 20.04 in this case, right on Remote Access page.

Click on the name of your computer to access it.

Enter your login PIN to proceed to your remote desktop.

If prompted to select the session to launch in your remote Chrome Remote Desktop session, select the default option and proceed.

In this setup, I used LXDE. I tried the default Ubuntu Gnome but i ended up with black screen. Hence, why i resorted to using LXDE.

If you want to use LXDE, simply install on the remote system by running the command below;

LXDE remote desktop.

You have successfully connected to your Ubuntu 20.04 desktop via Chrome Remote Desktop tool.

That brings us to the end of our guide on how to install and and setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. Enjoy.

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sudo apt install /tmp/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for hub55:
Reading package lists… Done
E: Unsupported file /tmp/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb given on commandline

oops, the wget command, should have contained -P /tmp . Like, wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb -P /tmp .

After I install the
“apt install /tmp/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb”

I get a window that does not let me setup the remote desktop access. It looks totally different! Help!

Correct. Thanks for the feedback Jon.
This has been updated

Hi thanks for the post….

I just got the message checking the service “Chrome-remote-desktop.service
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit chrome-remote-desktop.service is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)

any idea how to fix it?

Just unmask it and run;

systemctl unmask chrome-remote-desktop.service && systemctl start chrome-remote-desktop.service

The service fails to unmask when I enter the above command.

thanks. Followed the steps and all went well till I got to the last step – entered a pin# and clicked start – a message pops up that says ‘An unknown error has occured’ Can’t get past this. Any suggestions would be much apprecicated.

Let’s check on this and update

Same problem here..
Any Suggestions? waiting for that…

Seems like there is an issue with default Gnome display. Hence, use LXDE and you should be fine. Guide updated

Thank you. I was having issues that seemingly shouldn’t have been happening as I’ve used used this on Win and Mac and it simply worked. (although, I did have a depreciated version also installed within chrome and since deleted, after your “fix”)

Apparently, i was in need of the:

Now if i can find out how exactly to have virt-man see VMs that were installed via terminal, so I can make changes and save states with a gui as my terminal skills are sorely lacking and am was just copy/pasting when I installed the VMs (simple scripted MacOS VM makers) Although, I AM learning… it’s just with linux i’m afraid of borking things up… since I’ve already had issues even installing most distros as I was stuck with baseline graphics with no way to change to to FHD through the GUI in the distro… in case others have problems, always install with a true computer monitor, as i hear that tvs don’t always have whatever code “attatched” so although I have a 4k tv attatched the distro installer didn’t know what to support. As it is, I only can get 1080 without changes that apparently need to be done through the terminal, and i’m happy enough with a system that just works now. lol

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Install and Setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04

In this guide, we are going to learn how to install and setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04. Google has developed a remote desktop tool called Chrome Remote Desktop that allows users to remotely access and control another computer over the Internet through a protocol called Chromoting on Google Chrome browsers.

Install and Setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04

To setup Ubuntu 18.04 to be accessed via Chrome Remote Desktop, follow the following steps.

Sign in to your Google account

Before you can proceed, fire up your Chrome browser and navigate to Google login page and sign in to your Google Account using your gmail account.

Install Chrome Remote Desktop Extension

Once you are logged in to your Google account, proceed to install the Chrome Remote Desktop Extension on your Chrome browser.

To install the extension, navigate to Chrome Remote Desktop extension page and click add to Chrome. When clicked, a confirmation Window pops up. Click Add Extension to install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension on your browser.

Install Chrome Remote Desktop Package

When you add the Chrome Remote Desktop extension, download chrome remote desktop package which provides the required host components and install it as follows.

Chrome remote desktop installs as a service, chrome-remote-desktop.service and is set to run upon installation. It is also enabled to run system boot.

It also creates a group called, chrome-remote-desktop.

Allow Remote Desktop Connections

To allow remote computers to connect to your desktop, click on the Chrome Remote Desktop extension on the extensions bar or simply enter the address https://remotedesktop.google.com/access.

Click TURN ON to enable remote desktop access.

Next, set the system name.

Set the remote desktop connection PIN. This is the authentication PIN that the remote user will need to use to access your remote desktop.

Click Start to start Chrome remote desktop daemon. If you had logged in as non root user, you are prompted to authenticate in order to run chrome-remote-desktop service as superuser. At the sametime, the same user is added to chrome-remote-desktop group.

When the setup is done, your remote desktop goes online and you can now be able to access it remotely.

Accessing Ubuntu 18.04 through Chrome Remote Desktop

Now that the Chrome remote desktop is setup on your Ubuntu 18.04, if you need to access it remotely, you have to sign in to Google account using the same email that is used to on the remote system.

Once you sign in to your Google account, install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension and the Chrome Remote desktop Debian package as described above.

Once that is done, open the Chrome Remote desktop extension from the same Google account as on the remote system and you should be able to see your remote system online.

Click on the name of the remote system to start a remote session. You will be prompted to enter the remote desktop authentication password set above.

Click enter to authenticate to remote desktop.

You should now land on the remote desktop system user authentication screen. Login to access your system.

Upon successful authentication, you should get to your Ubuntu 18.04 remove desktop.

You have successfully connected to a remote desktop computer using Google chrome remote desktop.

And that brings to the end of our guide on how to install and setup Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04. Enjoy

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Thank you for writing this article.

I thought I would leave a comment on my experience as I attempted this from a Linux install on VMWare. The VMWare instance works perfectly and I went to install chrome remote desktop as in the article. The install was successful, no errors, warnings or issues.

However, I can’t get the remote desktop to come online from the browser. From the chrome browser I navigate to “remotedesktop.google.com” and choose my Linux environment from the list, and enter in the PIN. I am then presented a dialog with the instructions and following two choices (difficult to illustrate without a screenshot, hopefully you can see what I’m trying to show):
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Select a session to launch within your Chrome Remote Desktop environment. (Note that some session types may not support running within Chrome Remote Desktop and on the local console simultaneously.)

Name Comment
(X) (default) Launch the default XSession
Ubuntu This session logs you into Ubuntu

Neither of the choices work. They both present a black screen which terminates after a couple min. I haven’t spent any time looking into it, just thought I would post some feedback.

Hello matt. Thank you for feedback. You can upload screenshot via google drive and share the link.
However, if you fix the issue, we will appreciate the feedback too.

I’m getting the same issue. Below is the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Mgkfuol3hGmwLBw23zbvzZcoSt6-vHa1
I’ll try to fix it, if I do get through then will post the steps as well.

Sorry but i cant reproduce the error. Please, we will appreciate if you share fix when you find one.

any advice for getting this running with CentOS/Fedora? I tried using Alien to convert the .deb installer to a .rpm but no luck :/

Hello Dan, seems this is not supported out of the box at the moment. If we ever find a hack, we will be happy to post.

i met the same issue with you, have you fixed it?

This worked for me:

After a reboot, once you are logged in and you connect via Remote Desktop it will mirror the current session on your desktop remotely.

When I get to the step “Setup Remote Access”, I get the prompt to “Accept and Install” which downloads the .deb package and installs it, but it never launches and then Setup Remote Access message eventually changes to “This is taking longer than expected.” Once it’s installed, is there a way to force the prompt to appear so I can continue?

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