Remote Control Desktop over Bluetooth

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Is there a way to control my Ubuntu Desktop (13.10) remotely over Bluetooth, with my Android 4.4 device?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

AnyRemote works very nicely for controlling applications - first install in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install anyremote ganyremote

Then you have install the client for the Android phone - download the .apk from here, put the file on your phone, and then open it and install it to the phone - you need to allow installation from 'Unknown Sources' in Security settings first.

There is documentation available here to help you set it up.

For controlling your desktop, something like VNC is very useful, but as that has already be mentioned, you may also want to try TeamViewer - the android App for it can be found here.

To install for 32bit (works):

wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo gdebi install teamviewer_linux.deb

To install for 64bit (might work):

wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux_x64.deb
sudo gdebi install teamviewer_linux_x64.deb

If you get an error with lib32asound2 or some other dependency, see here. If that does not work on 64bit, you should be able to install the 32bit version.

TeamViewers needs lib32asound2 which doesn't appear to be anywhere in the PPAs. — Jeroen, Feb 18 '14 at 19:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '14 at 17:48

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You can use VNC.

In your phone:

click here to install android-vnc-viewer

Write this on your terminal from Ubuntu Desktop

sudo apt-get install vnc4server

answered Feb 18 '14 at 17:48

kamil

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That's not bluetooth though. I want to be able to connect to my computer without using the network. – Jeroen Feb 18 '14 at 17:49
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@JeroenBollen in bluetooth you can enable PAN networking and it should work – kamil Feb 18 '14 at 17:50
yeah it is not bluetooth, it uses network connection. – NKN Feb 18 '14 at 17:52
@NKN you mean network connection is enough. there is no need for internet – kamil Feb 18 '14 at 17:53

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '14 at 17:57

You don't even need to install VNC on the ubuntu. You can use the built-in VNC feature. Ubuntu’s remote desktop technology is based on the existing VNC standard. This means you can connect to a Ubuntu remote desktop using any VNC client. There are more than a few VNC clients around, so if you have a favorite on any platform you can use that to connect to Ubuntu already. (This answer is to complete @kamil 's answer.)

check this link for more info.

Remote Control Desktop over Bluetooth

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