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How to Fix TeamViewer Wont Start on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64Bit

Teamviewer daemon is not running - Tried to install TeamViewer v12.0.71510 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit two days ago. But there's a problem with the app, I mean TeamViewer won't running. I have uninstalled, purged, but it doesn't work.

After searching for minutes finally I found the solution to fix this issue.

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Install and Fix TeamViewer Won't Run in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 64Bit

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Fix TeamViewer Won't run on Ubuntu 16.04

Well, here are what you should do to solve :

Step 1 - First, you should remove the broken Teamviewer installation. To do so, open terminal window ( Ctrl+Alt+T ) and run the command below :

apt-get purge teamviewer

Or alternatively you can as well do this with dpkg to remove an installed package :

dpkg -r --force teamviewer

Step 2 - Next, please ensure deleting any configuration files from your user directory ( e.g ~/.local/share/teamviewer12, ~/.config/teamviewer and /etc/teamviewer ) :

rm -r ~/.local/share/teamviewer12
rm -r ~/.config/teamviewer
sudo rm -r /etc/teamviewer

Step 3 - Once removed, run the following command to install the additional packages :

sudo apt-get install libjpeg62:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxtst6:i386 ca-certificates

Step 4 - Head to its official site and get TeamViewer for Ubuntu / Debian package ( deb 32-Bit / 64-Bit Multiarc ).

Step 5 - Install the saved .deb package into your Ubuntu Linux :

sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_12.0.71510_i386.deb

Step 6 - Now open the TeamViewer via Unity dash, or similar app launcher ( e.g synapse launcher ).

It should run start and run normaly.

Additional

If you can't see TeamViewer app yet in the dash, you should create manually. It's pretty simple as follows :

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/teamviewer.desktop

You can change the gedit with your favorite Linux text editor like Nano, Mousepad, Sublime, Atom, and so on.

Paste the code below then save the file :

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=TeamViewer 12
Comment=TeamViewer Remote Control Application
Exec=/opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/script/teamviewer
Icon=/opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/desktop/teamviewer.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;
#Categories=Network;RemoteAccess;

Now it should show up in dash and of course you should be able to launch TeamViewer 12 from the Unity dash as shown :

Open TeamViewer via Unity Dash Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus

That's it folks!

That's I can write about fixing TeamViewer 12 won't run in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial 64bit. Hope you've enjoyed reading this tutorial as much I’ve enjoyed writing it and thanks for visiting us!