install teamviewer 13 as daemon on ubuntu 16.04

In this blog post we will show you how to install teamviewer on ubuntu 16.04 as daemon. So, with every start on the system, teamviewer will be started too.

Download the latest version from the official site.

Install the dependencies:


root@rig-desktop:~/Downloads# aptitude install libqt5x11extras5 qtdeclarative5-controls-plugin qml-module-qtquick-controls qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin
libqt5x11extras5 is already installed at the requested version (5.5.1-3build1)
libqt5x11extras5 is already installed at the requested version (5.5.1-3build1)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs{a} qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets{a} qtdeclarative5-controls-plugin
qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
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Now, install the teamviewer

root@rig-desktop:~/Downloads# dpkg -i teamviewer_13.0.6634_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package teamviewer.
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Preparing to unpack teamviewer_13.0.6634_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking teamviewer (13.0.6634) ...
Setting up teamviewer (13.0.6634) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...


Start the teamviewer. Go to -> Extras -> Options- > General

Activate the option “ Start TeamViewer with sysem“ .

Apply the change.

Go on the Security tab and set the password for remote control.