For desktop systems you can setup Bluetooth via the GUI easily. In this guide, we’ll just talk about how to setup Bluetooth via the command line. For Ubuntu/Debian servers we can use bluez & bluetoothctl to setup Bluetooth.
Enable Bluetooth Launch bluetoothctl and Setup $ sudo bluetoothctl [NEW] Controller 43:54:A2:00:1F:AC Khadas [default] Agent registered [bluetooth]#
Setup:[bluetooth]# agent on [bluetooth]# default-agent [bluetooth]# power on [bluetooth]# discoverable on [bluetooth]# pairable on [bluetooth]# scan on
Scan for Bluetooth Peripherals [bluetooth]# scan on Discovery started [CHG] Controller 43:54:A2:00:1F:AC Discovering: yes [NEW] Device 46:04:25:5F:1E:8D 46-04-25-5F-1E-8D [NEW] Device 8C:EB:C6:E7:2E:33 Khadas
Show Devices [bluetooth]# devices Device 46:04:25:5F:1E:8D 46-04-25-5F-1E-8D Device 8C:EB:C6:E7:2E:33 Khadas Device 9C:FB:D5:0D:91:47 9C-FB-D5-0D-91-47 [NEW] Device AC:83:F3:DD:D4:E1 AC-83-F3-DD-D4-E1 [CHG] Device AC:83:F3:DD:D4:E1 Name: LibreELEC [CHG] Device AC:83:F3:DD:D4:E1 Alias: LibreELEC
Connect to a Device [bluetooth]# connect <device_addr>
Tip: device_addr is the address of the device you want to connect to.
Exit bluetoothctl [bluetooth]# quit Agent unregistered [DEL] Controller 43:54:A2:00:1F:AC Khadas [default] khadas@Khadas:~$