How To Install TeamViewer on Rocky Linux 9

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install TeamViewer on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, TeamViewer is a popular application to access remote desktops. It enables devices to be controlled and serviced without having to be physically on location. TeamViewer has features including chat, file sharing, video conferencing, and remote printing.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the TeamViewer remote desktop on Rocky Linux. 9.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Rocky Linux 9.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install TeamViewer on Rocky Linux 9

Step 1. The first step is to update your system to the latest version of the package list. To do so, run the following commands:

sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install dnf-utils
sudo dnf install epel-release

Step 2. Installing TeamViewer on Rocky Linux 9.

By default, TeamViewer is not available on Rocky Linux 9 base repository. Now run the following command below to download the latest version of the TeamViewer from the official page to your Rocky Linux system:

wget https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer.x86_64.rpm

After the RPM binary file is downloaded, install the TeamViewer package using dnf command line tool:

sudo dnf install ./teamviewer.x86_64.rpm

Step 3. Accessing TeamViewer on Rocky Linux 9.

Once the installation is completed, you can run the TeamViewer from your activities or AppManager by typing “teamviewer” or launch the application immediately using the following command below:

teamviewer

You can now share your ID and Password with other users to connect to your PC or connect to other users as well and hold online meetings.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TeamViewer. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the TeamViewer remote desktop access on your Rocky Linux 9 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official TeamViewer website.