Download VirtualTablet

Supported

• 64-bit Intel or AMD processor (amd64)
• Ubuntu 22.04 or later, including Linux Mint and Pop!_OS
• Debian 12 or later
• Fedora 38 or later
• Arch Linux

Untested — these still install, but the installer warns you and asks you to confirm first.

• Manjaro, EndeavourOS and other Arch-based distributions
• openSUSE, Gentoo, Void and any other Linux distribution

Not supported

• Fedora Atomic and other OSTree editions

Updates. On Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, VirtualTablet Server is a system package, so your distribution’s regular updates keep it current. On Arch and everywhere else there is no package manager involved, so nothing updates it for you — re-run the installer command whenever you want the latest version.

Optional features (AppImage route only). Nothing installs them for you, so mDNS auto-discovery (avahi), Android over USB (android-tools) and iPhone/iPad over USB (usbmuxd) stay unavailable until you install them. The installer lists exactly what is missing with the command for your distribution, and the app repeats it wherever each feature is used.

Untested distributions. Arch installs straight away. Manjaro, EndeavourOS and anything else show a warning and ask you to confirm first, because we have not tested VirtualTablet there.

To uninstall. Ubuntu and Debian: sudo apt remove vt-server. Fedora: sudo dnf remove vt-server. Everywhere else: sudo /opt/vt_server/uninstall.sh --uninstall.

If you prefer not to use the installer script, you can download and install a specific release with your distribution’s package manager.

Ubuntu / Debian:

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deb="$(mktemp --suffix=.deb)" && \
  wget -O "$deb" \
    https://updates.sunnysidesoft.com/virtualtablet/server/linux/pool/main/v/vt-server/vt-server_4.1.6_amd64.deb && \
  chmod 644 "$deb" && sudo apt update && sudo apt install "$deb" && rm -f "$deb"

Fedora:

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repo=https://updates.sunnysidesoft.com/virtualtablet/server/linux/rpm/fedora/x86_64 && \
  rpm="$(mktemp --suffix=.rpm)" && \
  wget -O "$rpm" "$repo/Packages/vt-server-4.1.6-1.x86_64.rpm" && \
  sudo rpmkeys --import "$repo/RPM-GPG-KEY-sunnysidesoft-vt" && \
  sudo dnf install --setopt=localpkg_gpgcheck=1 "$rpm" && rm -f "$rpm"

Arch Linux and other distributions (AppImage):

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url=https://updates.sunnysidesoft.com/virtualtablet/server/linux/appimage && \
  dir="$(mktemp -d)" && cd "$dir" && \
  wget -O vt.AppImage "$url/VirtualTablet_Server-4.1.6-x86_64.AppImage" && \
  wget -qO- "$url/appimage-manifest.json" \
    | sed -n 's/.*"sha256": "\([^"]*\)".*/\1  vt.AppImage/p' | sha256sum --check && \
  chmod +x vt.AppImage && ./vt.AppImage --appimage-extract > /dev/null && \
  sudo ./squashfs-root/install-system.sh && cd - && rm -rf "$dir"

The checksum is taken from our signed release manifest and checked against the download, so the command stops before installing anything if the two disagree. The .deb and .rpm commands install their package with its dependencies and register the repository for future updates, while the AppImage installs to /opt/vt_server with no repository and no dependency resolution.

Running the AppImage by double-clicking it is not enough on its own: pen input needs a /dev/uinput permission rule that only the installer above can put in place.