Product: Synergy 3
Operating system: Linux
What You Need Before Installation
- An active Synergy 3 license
- The Synergy 3 installation file from the download page
- At least two computers
- Administrator privileges on all computers to install and add firewall exceptions
- Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection (computers must be on the same network)
General install instructions
- Double click the .deb or .rpm file you have downloaded above
- Click Install
- Input your password and click OK
- Repeat the above steps on every Linux computer that you want to connect
- Run your new Synergy app using the method you normally use to run apps
- Follow the instructions on screen to configure Synergy
Command line instructions
Ubuntu / Debian
Synergy can also be installed in the Terminal using commands, these vary depending on the Linux distro, an example for Ubuntu 22 is shared below.
Open the Terminal and run:
sudo apt install [.deb package name]
Using the GUI on Ubuntu 24.04
On Ubuntu 24.04, the App Center has been modified to no longer install debs. Therefore we need to install another package to install third-party debs.
- Open App Center and search for gdebi.
- Install GDebi
- Download, open the deb file, and click Install Package
Fedora / CentOS Stream / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Use dnf to install rpm packages.
sudo dnf install [.rpm package name]
openSUSE
Use zypper to install rpm packages.
sudo zypper install [.rpm package name]