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Using this method you can have a system which is lean and mean and runs on something like a small solid state drive partition ...and yet still be able to launch larger programs from somewhere else with greater space. With this flexibility it is possible to do things that really increase the speed and efficiency of java apps and most other of today' | Using this method you can have a system which is lean and mean and runs on something like a small solid state drive partition ...and yet still be able to launch larger programs from somewhere else with greater space. With this flexibility it is possible to do things that really increase the speed and efficiency of java apps and most other of today' | ||
- | Even so it is still possible to use Serviio as a [[playground:playground|startup]] program even if it is installed to a /home sub directory of your creation. | + | Even so it is still possible to use Serviio as a [[howto:linux: |
With most forms of linux simply right clicking on the downloaded Serviio tar file will give you the option to decompress the file to any /home sub directory that you create.(you can custom name the directory but the decompressed serviio will be to a sub folder / | With most forms of linux simply right clicking on the downloaded Serviio tar file will give you the option to decompress the file to any /home sub directory that you create.(you can custom name the directory but the decompressed serviio will be to a sub folder / | ||
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If you wish to keep your /library and /plugins after you untar the file to your directory of choice this is also possible. That way you will be able to save all your settings and plugins to access content without having to redo the data in Serviio console. | If you wish to keep your /library and /plugins after you untar the file to your directory of choice this is also possible. That way you will be able to save all your settings and plugins to access content without having to redo the data in Serviio console. | ||
- | A simple way to do this is cut and paste or save (simply drag and drop) the old saved directories to your new install after renaming the directories /library and /plugins that were decompressed from the new install each as ///library and plugins// | + | A simple way to do this is cut and paste or save (simply drag and drop) the old saved directories to your new install after renaming the directories /library and /plugins that were decompressed from the new install each as ///library.old and /plugins// |
- | This way if there is something | + | |
- | Then all you need to do with Gnome and Mint or other distros with the ability to change the "start Menu" is add the serviio and console .sh scripts as programs to launch from /home///the directory that you put serviio in/// | + | This way if there is something in your saved directories that is incompatible with your new install of Serviio you can revert to the default ones that were installed by tar simply by removing the .old designation after removing the current ones that cause a problem. |
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+ | Then all you need to do with Gnome and Mint or other distros with the ability to change the "start Menu" is add the serviio and console .sh scripts as programs to launch from /home///the directory that you put serviio in/// | ||
You need to make sure that you have sun-java 1.6 and ffmpeg installed and you can do that with the command line or Synaptic or whatever package manager you have ..Slackware and Zenwalk even have these packages so Bobs Your Uncle:-; whatever form of Linux you choose Serviio will work without too much hassle or command line expertise. Some Debian variants and pure Debian will need the non-free media repositories enabled to get the dreaded " | You need to make sure that you have sun-java 1.6 and ffmpeg installed and you can do that with the command line or Synaptic or whatever package manager you have ..Slackware and Zenwalk even have these packages so Bobs Your Uncle:-; whatever form of Linux you choose Serviio will work without too much hassle or command line expertise. Some Debian variants and pure Debian will need the non-free media repositories enabled to get the dreaded " | ||