TeamViewer 9 Released – Install on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu

This guide shows how to install Teamviewer 9 on Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Fedora and Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Xubuntu) systems. Teamviewer is a one of the most popular application for remote assistant, Desktop sharing or transferring files between computers, web conferencing and online meetings etc. Teamviewer is a proprietary application. However, it’s a freeware for personal use. Teamviewer is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android and iPhone.

Teamviewer uses WINE application which is integrated within it. We don’t have to install WINE application separately. Teamviewer is not a native Linux application.

Recently, the latest stable version of TeamViewer 9 released with new features and many improvements. Following are some of the new features are added in TeamViewer 9 which are highlighted below:

Features for Windows, Linux and Mac

1. Open multiple connections in different tabs
2. Support for Wake-on-LAN
3. Added two factor authentication for TeamViewer accounts
4. Support for Windows 8.1 and Mac OS X Mavericks
5. Save custom modules such as QuickSupport, QuickJoin, etc.
6. API Integration
7. Stronger security of the Teamviewer account
8. Quick connection via desktop shortcut
9. Visual notification
10. Copy and paste files and text between computers
11. Initiating file transfers to computers
12. Quick connection via desktop shortcut
13. Faster video transfers

How do I Install Teamviewer 9 on RedHat, CentOS, Fedora

You may download package for rpm based Linux distributions at teamviewer_linux.rpm.
Let us start installation. Go to the directory from where you have downloaded package and execute following yum command to install it. It will install missing dependencies.

# wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.rpm
# yum install teamviewer_linux.rpm

If you get missing public key error, you can download public key and import it using the following command.

# wget http://www.teamviewer.com/link/?url=354858
# rpm --import TeamViewer_Linux_PubKey.asc

After importing the public key, please run the “yum install” command again to install the Teamviewer rpm.

To start Teamviewer application, run the following command from the terminal.

# teamviewer

Teamviewer application running on my Fedora 18 system.

Running TeamViewer in Fedora 18

How do I Install Teamviewer 9 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Xubuntu

You may download teamviewer package for 32-bit or 64-bit systems at teamviewer linux .deb packages. or you can download the package using wget command as shown below.

## 32 Bit System ##
$ sudo wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb

## 64 Bit System ##
$ sudo wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux_x64.deb

Once you’ve downloaded the package, go to the directory where you’ve downloaded Teamviewer package and run the following command to install it.

## 32 Bit System ##
$ sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux.deb

## 64 Bit System ##
$ sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux_x64.deb

If you get missing dependencies error, please use the following command to install those dependencies.

sudo apt-get install -f

Once installation is done. To start Teamviewer package on Ubuntu Linux, go to Dash Home and type teamviewer and click on teamviewer icon to run application.

Running TeamViewer in Ubuntu 13.10

Teamviewer application running on my Ubuntu 13.10 system.

TeamViewer 9 Under Ubuntu 13.10

To start on Linux Mint, Go to Menu >> Internet >> Teamviewer and click on Accept License 

Agreement to run application.

Teamviewer application running on my Linux Mint 15.

Running TeamViewer in Linux Mint 15

Source : http://www.tecmint.com

How to Enable Telnet on Windows 7/8

Telnet is an application protocol used for two-way communication using terminal connection. This article will help you to enable telnet client and server on Windows 7 & 8 operating system.

• 1. Firstly open command prompt and type telnet command to make sure that it’s already installed or not on your system.

2. Open control panel on your system by type “control” on run window. You can also open control panel using windows navigation.

• 3. Now click on programs link in control panel as per below screen shot.

4. Now click on “Turn Windows feature on or off” under Programs and Features options.

5. Now you will get Windows Features dialog box. Select Telnet Client check box as showing in below image. You can also select Telnet Server to enable telnet server on your Windows system.

Now click OK. Installation processes will take few time and you will get result like below on successful installation.

6. As the telnet client has been installed on Windows system. Lets again type “telnet” in command prompt and hit enter, You will get result like following.

Source : http://tecadmin.net/

How to Install Ubuntu 15.04 on VirtualBox

Ubuntu is a most popular Linux-based operating system. Recently Ubuntu releases its newest version 15.04 (Vivid Vervet). VirtualBox is also a popular software for creating virtual machine available for Windows and Linux environment.

Download Ubuntu ISO:

Visit following urls to dowload latest version of Ubuntu ISO.
Ubuntu Desktop: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Ubuntu Server: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server

Download and Install VirtualBox

We are assuming you have pre-installed VirtualBox on your system. If you don’t have already installed it, Visit below link and install latest version of VirtualBox on your system.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Steps to Install Ubuntu On VirtualBox

• 1. Start VirtualBox and click New button to create virtual machine. Input name of your vm and select appropriate type and version and click Next.
  
• 2. Select the memory size to allot to new vm as per below screenshot.
  
• 3. As we are creating new virtul machine so just select option “Create a virtual hard drive now” and click Create button.
  
  
• 4. Choose the type of virtual hard drive file to be created. Default VDI format is selected. You may select other formats If you want to use these hard drive with other virtualization software’s.
  
  
• 5. Select type of disk allocation. We suggest to use option “Dynamically allocated”. Using this option hard drive grows on system as it fills only.
  
  
• 6. Select eh location of files to be created in system and size of hard drive to be created. Now click “Create” button.
  
  
• 7. At this stage you have create an Ubuntu virtual machine without operating system. Now We will install operating system on this virtual machine. Open VirtualBox and select create VM. Click on Start button as per showing below screenshot.
  
  
• 8. As operating system is not installed, It will ask for bootable drive.
  
  Select the ISO of downloaded Ubuntu operating system and click Start button.
  
  
• 9. After booting the vm, You will see screen like below. You can simply start ubuntu without installing. To install permanently select Install Ubuntu to begin installation.
  
  
• 10. Ubuntu will prepare to install. You can select option “Download updates while installing” to install updated packages and click Continue.
  
  
• 11. Installation type:- Select Erase disk and install Ubuntu option and click on Install Now button.
  
  
• 12. Just click on Continue button.
  
  
• 13. Select the location the server resides to properly setting system date time and click on Continue button.
  
  
• 14. Select the keyboard layout as per your language and click on Continue button.
  
  
• 15. Enter your name, username and password to configure your system identity and click on Continue button
  
  This will start the Ubuntu installation on VirtualBox. Wait for installation completed.
  
• 16. After completing installation virtual machine will ask for reboot. Reboot the virtual machine to complete installation. After rebooting you will get login prompt like this.
  

Your Ubuntu virtual machine has been successfully installed.

How to Convert the Unity Launcher into a Dock-Style Launcher

The Unity Launcher in Ubuntu is locked to the left side of the screen. If you would rather have a launcher at the bottom of the screen, there is a way to convert the Unity Launcher into a dock-style launcher at the bottom of the screen.

First, we will be installing the Unity Tweak Tool and Cairo-Dock. To install the Unity Tweak Tool, click the Ubuntu Software Center icon on the Unity Launcher.



Start typing “unity tweak” in the search box in the upper-right corner of the Ubuntu Software Center window. Results start to display in the list as you type. When the “Unity Tweak Tool” displays in the list, click on it and then click the “Install” button.



When the “Authenticate” dialog box displays, enter your password in the “Password” edit box and click “Authenticate.”



The progress of the installation is displayed on the right side of the “Unity Tweak Tool” item in the list.



Now, search for Cairo-Dock and install it using the same procedure we described for installing the Unity Tweak Tool.



When the installation of Cairo-Dock is finished, click the X button in the upper-left corner of the Ubuntu Software Center window to close it.


To open the Unity Tweak Tool, click the icon on the Unity Launcher.


NOTE: If you don’t have an icon on the Unity Launcher for the Unity Tweak Tool, open the Dash and type “unity”. The Unity Tweak Tool icon should display under “Applications” in the results. Click the icon to start the tool.



In the “Unity” section of the Unity Tweak Tool, click “Launcher.”



On the “Launcher” tab, click the “Auto-hide” switch so it reads “ON.” The Unity Launcher immediately hides. You can change the “Auto-hide animation,” “Reveal location,” and “Reveal sensitivity” as well.



To start Cairo-Dock, move your mouse to the left side of the screen (or top left corner, depending on your settings) to show the Unity Launcher. Then, click the Cairo-Dock icon on the launcher.



The Cairo-Dock displays at the bottom of the screen. For more information about customizing and using Cairo-Dock.



If you want Cairo-Dock to display automatically when you log in, right-click anywhere on the dock and move your mouse over “Cairo-Dock.” Then, select “Launch Cairo-Dock on startup” from the sub-menu that displays.

NOTE: Once you select the “Launch Cairo-Dock on startup” option, it is removed from the menu. If you change your mind and don’t want Cairo-Dock to start automatically when you log in, you can disable it in the Startup Applications tool.



This method of switching to a dock-style launcher gives you the best of both worlds. You can have a dock at the bottom of the screen and still access the Unity Launcher by hovering your mouse over the left side of the screen.

How to Enable Local Menus in Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 has recently been released and they now include a setting for enabling the local menus, allowing you to easily move the menu bar for each program to that program’s window rather than displaying the menu bar at the top of the screen.

We recently showed you how to disable the Global menu in Ubuntu 13.10. Now that Ubuntu 14.04 has a setting to do this, we will show you how to change this setting.

To enable the local menus, click the System Settings icon on the Unity bar.



On the System Settings dialog box, click the Appearance icon in the Personal section.



On the Appearance screen, click the Behavior tab. Under Show the menus for a window, click the In the window’s title bar option.



Click the X button in the upper-left corner to close the Settings dialog box.



The change is effective immediately. You do not need to log out or restart. The menu bar for each program is moved to the title bar of the respective program.



If you decide you want the Global menu back, simply change the setting to the In the menu bar option.

Note that, because the menu bar is on the title bar of each program, the menus disappear when the mouse is not on the title bar. Simply move the mouse over the title bar to access the menus.

source : http://www.howtogeek.com

How to Add a Taskbar to the Desktop in Ubuntu 14.04

If you’ve switched to Ubuntu from Windows, it may take some time to get used to the new and different interface. However, you can easily incorporate a familiar Windows feature, the Taskbar, into Ubuntu to make the transition easier.

A tool called Tint2 provides a bar at the bottom of the Ubuntu Desktop that resembles the Windows Taskbar. We will show you how to install it and make it start every time you log into Ubuntu.
NOTE: When we say to type something in this article and there are quotes around the text, DO NOT type the quotes, unless we specify otherwise.

Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window. To install Tint2, type the following line at the prompt and press Enter.

sudo apt-get install tint2

Type your password at the prompt and press Enter.



The progress of the installation displays and then a message displays saying how much disk space will be used. When asked if you want to continue, type a “y” and press Enter.



When the installation has finished, close the Terminal window by typing “exit” at the prompt and pressing Enter.



Click the Search button at the top of the Unity bar.



Start typing “startup applications” in the Search box. Items that match what you type start displaying below the Search box. When the Startup Applications tool displays, click the icon to open it.



On the Startup Applications Preferences window, click Add.



On the Add Startup Program dialog box, enter a name for the startup application. This name displays in the list on the Startup Applications Preferences window.

Type “tint2” in the Command edit box, enter a description in the Comment edit box, if desired, and click Add.



Tint2 is added as a startup program and will start every time you log into Ubuntu. Click Close to close the Startup Applications Preferences window.



Log out and log back in to make the Taskbar available on the desktop. You do not need to reboot the computer for this change to take effect.

Now, when you minimize a program, an icon for it displays on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen, just like the Taskbar in Windows.



If you decide that you don’t want the Taskbar to display every time you log into Ubuntu, you can uncheck the Tint2 startup program on the Startup Applications Preferences window. You don’t need to delete it from the list.

source : http://www.howtogeek.com