Chrome Remote Desktop Debian May 2026

Nothing extra needed, but if you have Wayland (default on GNOME Debian 12), switch to Xorg from login screen.

Now you can securely remote into your Debian machine from any device with Chrome or the Chrome Remote Desktop app. chrome remote desktop debian

sudo usermod -a -G chrome-remote-desktop $USER Create a virtual display: Nothing extra needed, but if you have Wayland

# Download Google Chrome .deb wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list' sudo apt update sudo apt install google-chrome-stable For – use Chromium: Nothing extra needed

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/chrome-remote-desktop_current_arm64.deb sudo apt update sudo apt install --fix-broken -y sudo dpkg -i chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb If you get dependency errors, run:

sudo apt install chromium chromium-l10n wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb For ARM (Raspberry Pi):