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Ubuntu 15.04 adds back ffmpeg, so there is no need for an extra PPA. Install required software if not already installed:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg sudo apt-get install dcraw
Install Java 8. You can tell which, if any, versions are installed via:
dpkg --get-selections | grep jre
You may see openjdk-7-jre. If you see both openjdk-7-jre and openjdk-8-jre, check which is the default version via:
java -version
If openjdk-8-jre is installed and “java -version” yields “1.8.0_xx”, you are done. If Java is not installed or only Java 7, run:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
If both Java 7 and 8 are installed, you may have to adjust the default via update-java-alternatives or edit scripts to specify the full path, e.g., /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java.
There are various ways to install Serviio, but this installs it in /opt and runs it as user serviio. The useradd option -r creates a system account and does not create a home directory. This will result in warnings in serviio.log, but there seems to be no ill effect. The first line logs in as root to make a few things easier:
sudo -H bash useradd -r -s /bin/false serviio mkdir -p /opt cd /opt wget http://download.serviio.org/releases/serviio-1.5.2-linux.tar.gz tar zxvf serviio-1.5.2-linux.tar.gz rm serviio-1.5.2-linux.tar.gz ln -s serviio-1.5.2 serviio chown -R root:root serviio-1.5.2 cd serviio-1.5.2 mkdir log chown -R serviio:serviio library log
Use your favorite text editor and create /lib/systemd/system/serviio.service with:
[Unit] Description=Serviio Media Server After=syslog.target local-fs.target network.target [Service] Type=simple User=serviio Group=serviio ExecStart=/opt/serviio/bin/serviio.sh ExecStop=/opt/serviio/bin/serviio.sh -stop KillMode=none Restart=on-abort [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Lastly, start serviio and have it run automatically at boot via:
systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable serviio systemctl start serviio
