How to Start Anydesk in Ubuntu Using Command Prompt

Question

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.

Accepted Answer

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

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Answer 2

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

Answer 3

You can also use this:

sudo systemctl start anydesk

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

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