Arch Linux User Repository

I maintain the latest built package at:

https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.chrome-remote-desktop/releases/

Thanks @frealgagu for packaging this, @nightuser for the existing session patch and @Brinsky for the instructions.

I've compiled both instructions with screenshots and added it to my blog if anyone is having issues with the install. Otherwise, just follow the instructions in the comments by @Brinsky from 2019-12-06 13:58.

Here's how I got this working with the new web app (remotedesktop.google.com):

1. Build and install the package
2. run crd --setup
3. (Optional) Configure execution of your preferred window manager in ~/.chrome-remote-desktop-session
4. Go to http://remotedesktop.google.com/headless
5. Click "next" and "authorize" through each instruction
6. Copy/paste and run the provided "Debian" command, which should look like the following: DISPLAY= /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/start-host --code="<UNIQUE_CODE>" --redirect-url="<https://remotedesktop.google.com/_/oauthredirect>" --name=
7. Set up a name and PIN
8. Wait for successful output containing "Host ready to receive connections."
9. Run crd --start

Package seems to require package 'dpkg' yet it is missing from the PKGBUILD dependencies.

So if you cant get it to start, install dpkg then it should work.

A PR for the latest version (112.0.5615.18) is here: https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.chrome-remote-desktop/pull/19

The diff to apply to the current master branch is:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 934df48..dc542f5 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Contributor: Mateus Rodrigues Costa <charles [dot] costar [at] gmail [dot] com>

 pkgname=chrome-remote-desktop
-pkgver=111.0.5563.12
+pkgver=112.0.5615.18
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Access other computers or allow another user to access your computer securely over the Internet"
 arch=("x86_64")
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ source=(
   "crd"
 )
 sha256sums=(
-  "85283f18c8ee012ce572519a94c42b2041b8fb28fa7ddc2c132d670d6931bbe7"
+  "c4dda4236e0d25523fab390e741c7a43334e1b2932d96443af3d2fed43fcc49d"
   "e5da5ae89b5bc599f72f415d1523341b25357931b0de46159fce50ab83615a4b"
   "fcc38269eb1cc902abff9688eda9377a22367e39b9f111f87c0dd8e77adb82e2"
   "021110f49d465294517eec92eeb24ebca41e264ef33cbdda78732add1f269d02"

All,

From comments in the Gentoo net-misc/chrome-remote-desktop ebuild:

# Use curl to find the answer:
#  curl -q https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages | grep ^Filename

As of 15:50 US Eastern Standard Time on 2023/3/3, the current version is:

pool/main/c/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop_111.0.5563.12_amd64.deb

HTH :)

Clemmitt Sigler

I get the following error:

==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/pool/main/c/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop_110.0.5481.14_amd64.deb

Just as @gysecos.

Could you please update?

The main .deb download link currently returns 404 on my machine - did it move?

I can only find this link for the current version from the official website: https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/chrome-remote-desktop_current_amd64.deb

xf86-video-dummy needs to be added as a dependancy. /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg cannot be found in Arch and causes Xorg to fail when launching CRD as a service. The required Xorg binary for Arch is /usr/lib/Xorg and the CRD service will start correctly if you create the symlink /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg to this Xorg binary.

I have tried several times to install the package on a new machine with pamac on freshly built manjaro.

But this does not work because the file chrome-remote-desktop-108.0.5359.33.deb is not found (404).

But there is a Debian package for it, which can be installed after all.

However, the access to my desktop does not work with it either and the error message I get on a Windows computer says nothing about the cause.

By chance I found out - because I installed anyDesk as an alternative to chrome-remote-desktop and it also had the same problem and gave a better error message - through a YouTube article (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_1UuMVYzkc) what the problem is:

In the configuration file etc/gdm/custom.conf I have the section:

[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=False

Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg

WaylandEnable=false

replaced by: [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=False

Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg

WaylandEnable=false

Enable automatic login

AutomaticLoginEnable = true AutomaticLogin = $USERNAME

Now the chrome-remote-desktop-connection works, too, where I provide my Linux-desktop.

However, I don't know if changing this configuration doesn't have side effects.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

It goes permanently offline right after I add my device, any idea how to fix this? I tried everything and it still won't work.

Noticed after updating to the latest version the service would not start up, the fix for me was to install xf86-video-dummy and then crd --start worked like a charm.