How to install TeamViewer in centOS

To install TeamViewer in CentOS

TeamViewer is a very widely used cross platform application which can be used for remote control, desktop sharing, online meeting, web conferences and also file sharing. Team Viewer lets a user to remotely access another machine through a web browser. The installation procedure of TeamViewer is simplified in this article.

To install TeamViewer

Before the installation of TeamViewer, it is essential to install the prerequisites. Trigger the following command for the same.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install glibc alsa-lib freetype libICE libSM libX11 libXau libXdamage libXext libXfixes libXi libXrandr libXrender libXtst libgcc libuuid libxcb zlib
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.excellmedia.net
 * extras: centos.excellmedia.net
 * updates: centos.excellmedia.net
Package libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package libSM-1.2.1-2.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package libXau-1.0.6-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package libXdamage-1.1.3-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
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Transaction Summary
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Upgrade      18 Package(s)

Total download size: 24 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/18): alsa-lib-1.1.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm                                          | 389 kB     00:00     
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Importing GPG key 0xC105B9DE:
 Userid : CentOS-6 Key (CentOS 6 Official Signing Key) < centos-6-key@centos.org> 
 Package: centos-release-6-7.el6.centos.12.3.x86_64 (@anaconda-CentOS-201508042137.x86_64/6.7)
 From   : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
Is this ok [y/N]: y
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Dependency Updated:
  glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.192.el6                 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.12-1.192.el6             
  glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.12-1.192.el6                libX11-common.noarch 0:1.6.3-2.el6              
  libblkid.x86_64 0:2.17.2-12.24.el6                   tzdata.noarch 0:2016h-1.el6                     
  util-linux-ng.x86_64 0:2.17.2-12.24.el6             

Complete!

Once the prerequisites are installed, download the .rpm package of TeamViewer as follows.

root@linuxhelp ~]# wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer.i686.rpm
--2016-11-04 07:26:29--  http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer.i686.rpm
Resolving download.teamviewer.com... 46.163.100.214, 46.163.100.213, 46.163.100.218, ...
Connecting to download.teamviewer.com|46.163.100.214|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer.i686.rpm [following]
--2016-11-04 07:26:29--  https://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer.i686.rpm
Connecting to download.teamviewer.com|46.163.100.214|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://downloadus1.teamviewer.com/download/version_11x/teamviewer_11.0.67687.i686.rpm [following]
--2016-11-04 07:26:30--  https://downloadus1.teamviewer.com/download/version_11x/teamviewer_11.0.67687.i686.rpm
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2016-11-04 07:29:03 (307 KB/s) - “ teamviewer.i686.rpm”  saved [47352029/47352029]

After downloading the .rpm package, install it by invoking the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install teamviewer.i686.rpm
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Examining teamviewer.i686.rpm: teamviewer-11.0.67687-0.i686
Marking teamviewer.i686.rpm to be installed
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.excellmedia.net
 * extras: centos.excellmedia.net
 * updates: centos.excellmedia.net
Resolving Dependencies

-->  Running transaction check
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Total download size: 7.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/27): alsa-lib-1.1.0-4.el6.i686.rpm                                            | 387 kB     00:00   
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Dependency Updated:
  libpng.x86_64 2:1.2.49-2.el6_7              nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 0:3.14.3-23.3.el6_8             

Complete!

The installation of TeamViewer is now complete. Open it by typing teamviewer in the terminal as follows.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# teamviewer
Init...
XRandRWait: No value set. Using default.
XRandRWait: Started by user.
Checking setup...
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4315d437-5b8c-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4315d437-5b8c-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4315d437-5b8c-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} could be created for context 0x3
wine: configuration in ' /root/.local/share/teamviewer11'  has been updated.
Launching TeamViewer ...
Launching TeamViewer GUI ...

You' ll be taken to the Licence Agreement. Click Accept License Agreement option.

Once Accepted, you will be given the user ID and Password in a separate window like below.