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Sudo usermod -a -G chrome-remote-desktop $USER
In your SSH session run the following command to add your user to the chrome-remote-desktop group:. #Google remote desktop for ubuntu install
If you’d like to install multiple desktop environments and switch between them, then you can check this very short write-up on switching the desktop environment from the command line for Chrome Remote Desktop. Switching Desktop Environments for Chrome Remote Desktop
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If you’d like to install the full suite of software that comes with XFCE desktop run the following:
(Optional) So far we installed the minimal installation of XFCE. We’ll install XScreenSaver as an alternative: The screen goes blank and can’t be unlocked. XFCE’s default screen locker, called Light Locker, doesn’t work well with Chrome Remote Desktop. Sudo bash -c 'echo "exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/xfce4-session" > /etc/chrome-remote-desktop-session' Configure Chrome Remote Desktop to use XFCE by default:The DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive parameter suppresses a prompt that would have asked you to configure the keyboard layout. Sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y xfce4 desktop-base In your SSH session install XFCE by running the following command:. If you choose a desktop environment that uses 3D graphics acceleration, then you need to disable it, otherwise the remote desktop service won’t start. You need to install an X Windows System desktop environment and window manager to be able to use Chrome Remote Desktop.Ĭhrome Remote Desktop does not support 3D graphics acceleration. Step 2 – Install an X Windows System Desktop Environment Sudo dpkg -install chrome-remote-desktop_current_b Install the package you just downloaded and its dependencies. #Google remote desktop for ubuntu download
Download the Debian Linux Chrome Remote Desktop installation package.
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Update the package index and install wget sudo apt update. Step 1 – Install Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 Being logged in as root isn’t recommended because you can risk harming your system if you’re not careful. A Ubuntu 20.04 machine with a recommended minimum of 2GB RAM. They all have similar goals, however their methods for achieving them differ. Should you be interested in other remote desktop technologies for Ubuntu, we also have written detailed tutorials for VNC, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP via a software called xRDP), NX (via a software called X2Go), or Xpra. Step 4 – Connect to the Remote Machine via Chrome Remote Desktop. Step 3 – Configure Chrome Remote Desktop. Switching Desktop Environments for Chrome Remote Desktop. Step 2 – Install an X Windows System Desktop Environment. Step 1 – Install Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. I was able to login to my machine with two users simultaneously using remote desktop (and run gnome-terminal in the cinnamon session), and third user running Unity desktop directly on machine. (like enabling clipboard), but I did not try it. Go to, and setup this machine for access. # Install Google Chrome (if not installed yet) # It is possible to list multiple users in this group, and access your machine with multiple remote sessions simultaneously. # You will be logged in by this user when using chrome remote desktop. # Allow this user to setup machine for remote access. # apt install will install it together with dependencies. Note: if you forgot to create an additional account you can "unlock" it by visiting on another machine and deleting remote device you set up. Account which is used to setup remote access won't be accessible for regular sign in (at some point I was getting an error message from remote desktop where it blamed a bug in display manager I tried gdm3, lightdm, and sddm with no luck). I decided to follow that guide but without disabling display manager. Which insist on disabling the display manager. There are Google instructions on installing chrome-remote-desktop on virtual instance: #Google remote desktop for ubuntu Patch
I recently tried to get chrome-remote-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04, and found that most of the instructions either ignore issues with sessions (gnome-terminal does not open, etc) or patch /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop withįIRST_X_DISPLAY_NUMBER = 0, etc, which is not helpful if I want to sign in with multiple accounts at the same time.
Sudo bash -c 'echo "exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d" > /etc/chrome-remote-desktop-session' Short fix: sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \Īpt install -assume-yes cinnamon-core desktop-base Symptoms: in remote session: xterm runs, gnome-terminal/nautilus does not. Local users can use Unity or whatever they want. Short answer: yes, but you need to use cinnamon for remote sessions.
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