Chrome Remote Desktop provides a secure, lightweight way to access your Debian machine from any browser or mobile device. While Google offers an official .deb package, setting it up on Linux often requires a few more steps than on Windows or macOS, especially regarding desktop environment configuration and group permissions.
Are you a Debian user who needs to access your machine remotely? Perhaps you want to help a friend or family member with a technical issue, or you need to access your work computer from home. Whatever the reason, Chrome Remote Desktop is a convenient and easy-to-use solution. In this post, we'll walk you through the steps to set up Chrome Remote Desktop on your Debian machine.
Add your user to the chrome-remote-desktop group:
sudo apt update sudo apt install --fix-broken -y sudo dpkg -i chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f
Create a virtual display: