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I am using Anydesk to remotely access my workstation. I would like to be able to launch it via CLI in Ubuntu (if stuck for example or if it consumes too much memory). I have access to CLI, but if I try the obvious:

$anydesk &

I get the following messages:

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

Since the same command seems to work from a GUI CLI emulator it probably has to do with the fact that I am trying to launch a GUI application from a CLI. Is there a way to achieve this somehow, or is it a deadend? I mean I need a GUI environment to launch a GUI application at the first case, so it seems like a vicious circle.

I know a workaround would be to reboot my system and anydesk will be automatically restarted (and hopefully it will be more functional than before the restart) but I was hoping for a more direct solution.

Eypros
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  • if you are first connected remotely to the workstation with ssh and write on terminal anydesk &, anydesk wont open because it has GUI.. you can try also touch example.txt and sudo gedit example.txt you will get an error --> cannot open display because gedit has also a GUI.. – kannzzmm2 Jul 16 '20 at 09:37
  • So, the answer is that I cannot launch GUI applications remotely from ssh? – Eypros Jul 16 '20 at 10:04
  • Im looking for the same and I found this https://askubuntu.com/questions/47642/how-to-start-a-gui-software-on-a-remote-linux-pc-via-ssh.. It looks like it's possible, but you can give it a try ... – kannzzmm2 Jul 16 '20 at 10:07
  • Check this out: https://askubuntu.com/a/1311072/775359 – Nagabhushan S N Feb 16 '21 at 18:12

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