Problems Installing Teamviewer for Pi

ve3hls_gmail

I'm trying to install Teamviewer on my Pi5 so a friend can help me install some other software that's particularly tricky to configure. The problem is, I can't even install Teamviewer for Pi.

Following the instructions on the Teamviewer website I enter:
apt install ./teamviewer_15.58.4_arm64.deb
in the terminal, and receive the following errors:

E: Unsupported file ./teamviewer_15.58.4_arm64.deb given on commandline (that's the name of the file I downloaded)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

I added "sudo" to the beginning of the command, thinking it might resolve the Permission denied error. It appears to have worked, but I still get:

Reading package lists... Done
E: Unsupported file ./teamviewer_15.58.4_arm64.deb given on commandline

Why is a file, written for Raspberry Pi, unsupported? How do I get my Pi to recognize and support it?

Any help would be gratefully received.

Ken

raynefarius

Hey,

try to install it via sudo dpkg -i teamviewer-host_15.61.3_arm64.deb followed by a sudo apt update.

Also if you want to use the command you posted, don't put ./ before it.

And also be sure, that your terminal session is in the folder where the file lies (or try the full path).

Hope that helps.