--- title: 'Enabling Bluetooth on Linux' url: 'https://ra1ahq.blog/en/vklyuchenie-bluetooth-v-linux' markdown: 'https://ra1ahq.blog/en/vklyuchenie-bluetooth-v-linux.md' lang: en date: '2020-05-22' description: 'In order to transfer files from a smartphone to a personal computer or output sound from a PC to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, you need to connect the Bluetooth USB adapter to the computer, turn on and configure Bluetooth. This article is about how to enable Bluetooth in Linux. First' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - Linux archives_month: - may_2020 archives_year: - '2020' --- # Enabling Bluetooth on Linux 22 May 2020 ![Enabling Bluetooth on Linux](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/d/a/5/9/3/da5930c62c3892a33e0a583c4091d1c85b68ec33-scr.png)19:12 ### Enabling Bluetooth on Linux [Linux](https://ra1ahq.blog/en/tag:Linux) 22 May 2020 19:12 In order to transfer files from a smartphone to a personal computer or output sound from a PC to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, you need to connect the Bluetooth USB adapter to the computer, turn on and configure Bluetooth. This article is about how to enable Bluetooth in Linux. First of all, you need to connect the USB Bluetooth adapter to the computer, which I did before turning on the computer. Then, installed the necessary packages: ``` sudo apt-get install blueman bluez pulseaudio-module-bluetooth ``` Started the service in Ubuntu: ``` sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start ``` To start a service, you can also use the service command ``` sudo service bluetooth start ``` Answer: \[ ok \] Starting bluetooth (via systemctl): bluetooth.service. In the program menu I found "Bluetooth Manager": - **"Bluetooth must be turned on for the device manager to work"** - pressed **"Enable Bluetooth"** After which the Bluetooth icon appeared in the system tray (next to the clock and keyboard switch). (If the Bluetooth icon does not appear, in the session startup options, enable "blueman-applet", end the session and log in again.) If you click on the icon, a menu will open. ![bluetooth](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/c/7/f/c/e/c7fce048b63fb0e6ef1563c8f755ce86844121f6-bt.png) I launch the submenu **"Adapters..."**. The “*Adapters not found*” window may appear (even though the adapter was connected previously). The same thing happens if you pull out the adapter and insert it back. Team `hcitool dev` does not find the device. **Solution**: 1. 1. Removed and reconnected the adapter to USB.![bluetooth adapter](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/3/f/0/e/3/3f0e37b9858c4bab14d62b44ca7c2e5d8da32943-adapter.jpg) after about 15 seconds, the Bt icon appeared in the tray. 2. If the icon has a red cross, simply turn on Bluetooth in the context menu. ![ON](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/c/2/a/8/f/c2a8fb89f711094dde7411ae8818b7d271e1d44f-on.png) 3. Launched the Bluetooth Manager program --- In the "Bluetooth Manager" (the leftmost icon in the system tray) item System tray -**Bluetooth - Adapters...**. - Enabled item **"Always visible."** - Pressed the button **Close** to apply the changes. Now everything is set up. From my smartphone I tried to transfer the file to my computer using Bluetooth (selected a picture and clicked "Share" or "**Forward**" - through **Bluetooth**). On the computer, the green Bt icon turned on in the tray, and a dialog box appeared about receiving the file. ![receive](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/d/a/5/9/3/da5930c62c3892a33e0a583c4091d1c85b68ec33-scr.png) Confirmed receipt of the file. After some time, about half a minute, a notification appeared indicating that the file had been successfully received. What folder did the file fall into? To your home folder, to a subdirectory **"Downloads"**. Here is the file received via Bt: ![example](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/5/9/3/4/d/5934de68014e01dcd0e613aeda845460e0e136db-imgfromsmartphone.jpg) --- Installing the blueman package adds an applet for launching "*Bluetooth Manager*" to the startup/autostart of a Linux session, this applet is called `blueman-applet`. The Bt icon will be displayed in the system tray the next time you log in or start the system. ![autostart](https://ra1ahq.blog/images/3/c/1/d/7/3c1d7d29ebcf88c5ccb66afd1245c91c028725eb-applet.png) The Bluetooth configuration program is called "Blueman-Manager" (from the blueman package): ``` blueman-manager ``` For it to work, two conditions must be met: 1. Bluetooth adapter connected 2. bluetooth service (BlueZ) is running. Addition from 03/21/2023: ### Output audio from computer to Bluetooth headphones 1\) First, you need to turn off Bluetooth in your smartphone so that your headphones cannot connect to it. 2\) Then turn on the earphone and insert it into your ear. 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