How to Install RustDesk on Ubuntu Server Latest

RustDesk is a simple and easy-to-use remote desktop software for Linux, macOS, and Windows. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RustDesk on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following:

• A Ubuntu Server latest distribution running.
• Access to the root or a user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1 — Installing Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required by Rustdesk. You can install them by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y openssl libssl-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev \
libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev cmake pkg-config libgtk-3-dev \
libsystemd-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev \
libalsa-ocaml-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0 libdbus-1-dev

Step 2 — Installing Rust

RustDesk is written in Rust programming language, so you need to install Rust on your system. You can install Rust by running the command:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

After running this command, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Step 3 — Installing RustDesk

Now we can install Rustdesk by running the following command:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://rustdesk.com/repo/public.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

echo 'deb https://rustdesk.com/repo/deb stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rustdesk.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install rustdesk

Step 4 — Running RustDesk

To run RustDesk, you need to open a terminal and type the following command:

rustdesk

After running this command, the RustDesk GUI will appear, and you can connect to a remote desktop using the IP address or hostname of the remote system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install RustDesk on Ubuntu Server Latest. RustDesk is easy to use and provides a simple remote desktop solution for Linux, macOS, and Windows.