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+ | This installation is based on 18.04.2 LTS, Minimal Edition and 20.04 Netboot (but this should work for any version of Ubuntu 18.04 - 21.10, or any desktop variant). | ||
- | This installation is based on 18.04.2 LTS, Minimal Edition (but this should work for any version | + | In theory, this procedure |
Please read the entire procedure before installing so you are familiar with the process before “taking on the terminal”. | Please read the entire procedure before installing so you are familiar with the process before “taking on the terminal”. | ||
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Since the Minimal install also doesn’t contain the packages of its big brothers, this will give you the information you need to install all the packages required to run Serviio from a Ubuntu Minimal 18.04 (or Ubuntu Server) installation. | Since the Minimal install also doesn’t contain the packages of its big brothers, this will give you the information you need to install all the packages required to run Serviio from a Ubuntu Minimal 18.04 (or Ubuntu Server) installation. | ||
- | 1. Download and Install Ubuntu 18.04. (Any variant | + | If you have a desktop |
- | 2. Make sure you have all the updates by running the following two commands at least once: | + | 1. Download and Install Ubuntu 18.04 - 21.10. (Any variant will work with this guide: Ubuntu Desktop, Minimal, Netboot, Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Bodhi, etc.). |
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+ | 2. Open a Terminal window. | ||
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- | It will ask for your user password, followed by the new submission for the password for root, and a confirmation of that password. | + | It will ask for your user password, followed by the new submission for the password for root, and a confirmation of that password. Make sure this is an extremely complex password, as a person can do a great amount of damage to a system by logging in as root. |
- | 4. Install a few things. (Some of these will already be installed if you have a desktop variant, of which Ubuntu will warn you and then install the rest, but all are recommended if you installed Ubuntu | + | 4. Install a few things. (Some of these will already be installed if you have a desktop variant, of which Ubuntu will notify |
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- | It will take a while to download and install. | + | It will take a while to download and install. |
5. Installing Serviio. | 5. Installing Serviio. | ||
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b. Download the Serviio software. | b. Download the Serviio software. | ||
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c. Extract the software. | c. Extract the software. | ||
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d. Create a soft link to the Serviio directory. | d. Create a soft link to the Serviio directory. | ||
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f. Run the following command to start Serviio. | f. Run the following command to start Serviio. | ||
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g. Go to a browser to test and make sure Serviio is running by going to the following web page. (You can use the “ifconfig” command on the Linux machine to find the IP address if you do not know it.) Replace (IPaddress) with the Serviio machine IP address while attached to the same network. | g. Go to a browser to test and make sure Serviio is running by going to the following web page. (You can use the “ifconfig” command on the Linux machine to find the IP address if you do not know it.) Replace (IPaddress) with the Serviio machine IP address while attached to the same network. | ||
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If you have a graphical desktop on your computer, you can also open the Serviio console from the command line. | If you have a graphical desktop on your computer, you can also open the Serviio console from the command line. | ||
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h. Remove the installation file. | h. Remove the installation file. | ||
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j. Put in the following information: | j. Put in the following information: | ||
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+ | [Unit] | ||
Description=Serviio Media Server | Description=Serviio Media Server | ||
After=syslog.target local-fs.target network.target | After=syslog.target local-fs.target network.target | ||
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[Service] | [Service] | ||
Type=simple | Type=simple | ||
+ | StandardOutput=null | ||
ExecStart=/ | ExecStart=/ | ||
ExecStop=/ | ExecStop=/ | ||
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Congratulations! | Congratulations! | ||
- | Again, you should be able to access | + | Next, you need to start setting it up from the console using: |
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+ | If you are having issues, The F.A.Q. is located here: | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | And, the support forums are located here: | ||
+ | [[https:// |