Ubuntu – Remote Control Desktop over Bluetooth

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Is there a way to control my Ubuntu Desktop (13.10) remotely over Bluetooth, with my Android 4.4 device?

Best Answer

AnyRemote works very nicely for controlling applications - first install in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install anyremote ganyremote

Then you have install the client for the Android phone - download the .apk from here, put the file on your phone, and then open it and install it to the phone - you need to allow installation from 'Unknown Sources' in Security settings first.

There is documentation available here to help you set it up.


For controlling your desktop, something like VNC is very useful, but as that has already be mentioned, you may also want to try TeamViewer - the android App for it can be found here.

To install for 32bit (works):

wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo gdebi install teamviewer_linux.deb

To install for 64bit (might work):

wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux_x64.deb
sudo gdebi install teamviewer_linux_x64.deb

If you get an error with lib32asound2 or some other dependency, see here. If that does not work on 64bit, you should be able to install the 32bit version.

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