Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[Mike Walsh]

Afternoon, all.

With AnyDesk now looking to be the favoured TeamViewer replacement for Puppy - due to the latter's insistence on Qt5, and all the older packages having been disabled by TeamViewer themselves - here are some 'portable', run-anywhere Puppy packages for the current release, v5.5.4.

I've packed these as either AppImages, or a self-extracting script, thanks to Fred's extremely useful portable-packaging scripts. In both cases, you just click on them, and they run.

64-bitzers have been tested in Phil B's Bionicpup64 8.0, Xenialpup64 7.5 & Tahrpup64 6.0.5/6. The 32-bitzers have only been tested in radky's sublime DPup 'Stretch', this being the sole 32-bit Puppy I use nowadays.

Downloads here:-

32-bit:-

AppImage

Self-extracting script

64-bit:-

AppImage

Self-extracting script

I will endeavour to keep these up-to-date for y'all. Help yourselves to the one you want. Enjoy.


Mike.

[fjd]

Mike,
I downloaded 32-bit to try. I'm uncomfortable with keeping Anydesk off the computer to lose, misplace, etc. Can it be installed?

[mikeslr]

[Mike Walsh]

@ fjd:-

I would think the easiest way to do this would be to stick the AppImage in /opt, as t'other Mike says. Or, if you like, you could do what I've done.

In /root, I've created a 'hidden' directory - ~/.AnyDesk. (Note the use of the dot (.); this denotes a hidden directory.

Inside that 'hidden' directory, I've placed the 'AnyDesk' portable. Use the 'eye' icon in ROX's 'menu-bar' to show hidden directories/files; makes working with them easier. From there, I've simply dragged it to the desktop (ROX's 'pinboard').

This way, it's on the desktop to use, yet the real 'portable' is hidden away out of sight in /root. Doesn't hurt, cos the whole thing is tiny, really.

Up to you where you put it, TBH. You could leave it out of sight, and build a MenuEntry to start it from Menu->Network....and that's quite easy to do as well.


Mike.

[davids45]

G'day Mike,

No longer being a worker with a desk (or 'team'), I was curious to know what all the fuss about 'Teamviewer' (and so 'AnyDesk') is.

Starting today in an SCPup32, I downloaded your two 32-bit files. When I found which one looked like it could run, I copied it to my data partition's 32bit-Portables directory and after making the file executable, ran it in a terminal to see why it was not running.
The usual issue between Slackware and Ubuntu Pups was confirmed with some missing libs in this ScPup (version 20.01, k-4.14.160-lxpup-32-pae).

I added the libs indicated in the terminal messages from my LibraryFiles archive or by temporarily mounting a bionicpup sfs and copying the needed lib file from bionic to SCPup's /usr/lib/.

Here's the terminal output for this:

[Mike Walsh]

@ David:-

There's a lot more to AnyDesk than meets the eye. Like TeamViewer, the initial interface gives absolutely no hint of what the app offers, because many windows don't appear until you actually start using it.....

But, er, nice one for being persistent with the 'lib-chase'; it's always the case with Slackware-based Pups, 'cos Slackware are so conservative with what they supply by default.

From what I can glean, you can connect to multiple other machines/desktops with AnyDesk; TeamViewer is usually one at a time, unless and until you start paying for the 'Enterprise' a/c.....which then 'unlocks' more features. However many desktops you're connected to, you get a row of 'thumbnails' along the bottom in that grey band, showing those desktops.

Icon attached.


Mike.

[ozsouth]

Have just started using this - much better than vnc. Using the free download .deb from here: https://anydesk.com/ ,
ScPup64 & LxPupSc64 missing 3 libs, which I've packaged in attached .pet

[backi]

Wow ......cool .....
Thanks a lot Mike !

[Max Headroom]

I Will Try it, the Reason I was asking about VNC was because I Wtd a X Platform Solution ie. Linux, MacOS & M$ Virus Bait Windows.

According 2 sum sauces MacOS & AnyDesk aRen't compatible, Others say OK, I'm Confused!

Thanx 4 Appimages!...

K

[Mike Walsh]

[soniabu]

Mike, I downloaded in my Bionicpup64 Anydesk Appimage
(the .deb file from the official website is installed without error but does not start)
and I can start, but I have difficulty in reading, for example, the description of the components in the setting; that is, on a white background the letters are a gray color, soft and smooth.

Any suggestions?

[tallboy]

Hi Mike. I cannot make either version work in my tahr64_6.0.6. I placed the portable in /opt, set the permissions to exec, restarted X, and clicked the app. Nothing happens! Do you have a md5sum for both 64-bit versions?

Oh, a thought came from the other brain cell: Is my VPN preventing things from happening? Will play some more...
Edit: Nope
Edit once more: Moved the potable app to /root/my-applications/bin, and tried to run it from a terminal window.

[Mike Walsh]

@ Olaf:-

Now then; here's a .pet package just for you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gphN9K3RWuByOeZ0juosoKT-6yHbjjJW/view?usp=sharing

This fires up, OOTB, in a pristine install of Tahrpu64 6.0.6. Just d/l, install, then Menu->Network->Anydesk. Bob's yr mother's brother, it runs straight away.

It does have a few systemd-related deps, I'll grant you that; I guess that's a function of whatever distro this was compiled in. If it was mainstream, and fairly new, it'll have systemd. They all do now. But it's possible to have systemd-related items on the system without having the monstrosity itself.

(They're only there so that Anydesk catches sight of them, says "Yep; I can see you...!", and then it'll do its thing....)

It's entirely up to you. Your choice.


Mike.

[tallboy]

Thanks, mate. Sent you a pm.