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TeamViewer is a proprietary (closed source), all-in-one solution for remote access and support over the Internet. It has both a client and a server mode and requires either a built-in or system Wine.

Installation

Be aware there are a few versions of TeamViewer available in the main Gentoo repository.

USE flags

USE flags for net-misc/teamviewer All-In-One Solution for Remote Access and Support over the Internet

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Emerge

Be aware it is necessary to accept TeamViewer's End User License Agreement (EULA) before the software can be installed.

root #emerge --ask net-misc/teamviewer

Configuration

Files

Supposing TeamViewer 11 has been installed, the configuration files would be found in the following locations:

• /etc/teamviewer11/global.conf - Global (system wide) configuration file.
• ~/.config/teamviewer11/ - Local (per user) configuration file.

Service

The TeamViewer daemon must be started before using the TeamViewer front-end. Those who want TeamViewer to be running every time they boot their system will need to add it the list of services that run during system start.

OpenRC

Start TeamViewer 11 during system start:

root #rc-update add teamviewerd11 default

Start the TeamViewer 11 daemon now:

root #service teamviewerd11 start

systemd

Start TeamViewer 11 during system start:

root #systemctl enable teamviewerd11

Start the TeamViewer 11 daemon now:

root #systemctl start teamviewerd11

Usage

Invocation

After the service has been started, simply start TeamViewer from the Applications menu in a desktop environment. Those using a command line can start it via:

user $teamviewer11

Troubleshooting

Connection to server freezes during "Initializing display parameters"

There is a know issue (see bug #552016) that causes the connection to the server to halt. The client will display "Initializing display parameters" but never make it past this step in the connection process.

This issue can be resolved by remerging TeamViewer with the system-wine USE flag disabled:

FILE /etc/portage/package.use

net-misc/teamviewer -system-wine

root #emerge --ask --deep --newuse @world

Removal

Files

In order to scrub all traces of TeamViewer from the system each user's ~/.config/teamviewer11 folder should be removed:

user $rm -rf ~/.config/teamviewer*

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean net-misc/teamviewer

See also

• TightVNC - A VNC client for Linux.