Posts Tagged ‘Bluetooth In Linux’

Bluetooth is still very important in the world today given that a wide range of devices rely on its protocol to perform various operations. Most laptops come with built-in Bluetooth adapters, but even if yours doesn’t, external Bluetooth dongles are cheap and plentiful in supply.

Having Bluetooth properly set up on your machine allows you to use a Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, headset or any Bluetooth accessories you might own.

Unfortunately, it’s a hit or miss in Linux. I haven’t had Bluetooth working out of the box across the range of hardware and distros I have tried.

But usually once you’ve installed a few packages and made a few tweaks, everything works flawlessly, at least that has been my experience.

So if you’ve had trouble connecting to your Bluetooth accessories from your Linux PC, this post should help.

Getting Started

First, you need to install the required packages on your computer. If you’re on Ubuntu or an Ubuntu-based distro, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez bluez-tools rfkill

Next, make sure your Bluetooth device is not blocked. You can verify that using the rfkill utility:

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