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Installing Emby

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mitnworb
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Installing Emby

#1 Post by mitnworb »

I have searched and can't find anything specific about Installing Emby on MX17.1. I have looked thru as many posting as possible and they almost always refer to Ubuntu and I have tried to make some of those methods work but nothing would take. Does anyone know if there happens to be anything her regarding this or at least know where I might find some instructions for MX. I am not the most technical with linux yet but I am learning.

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Gordon Cooper
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Re: Installing Emby

#2 Post by Gordon Cooper »

Think that Emby is proprietary, if so it will not be in MX repos.-+
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Re: Installing Emby

#3 Post by mitnworb »

Thanks, I was hoping some has intstalled here and would have some input to install it successfully

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Re: Installing Emby

#4 Post by Jerry3904 »

I never even heard of this, but I see many text and video hits on a web search on "install emby server debian 9"
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Re: Installing Emby

#5 Post by timkb4cq »

This page has the deb you would download & install. Use the dropdown to select and download the debian X64 deb file.
Clicking on the downloaded file will bring up the gdebi-gtk program to install the deb.
Once it's installed, it says to "Open a web browser to http://localhost:8096"
https://emby.media/linux-server.html
They have a pretty good wiki.
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Re: Installing Emby

#6 Post by MikeKlemin »

It will installs with nasty looking error because it need systemmd which MX-17/18 does not have enabled (and very persuasive asks us not to enable it).

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$ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.0.0.2_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package emby-server.
(Reading database ... 504239 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack emby-server-deb_4.0.0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking emby-server (4.0.0.2) ...
Setting up emby-server (4.0.0.2) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/emby-server.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/emby-server.service.
Failed to start emby-server.service: Unknown unit: emby-server.service
See system logs and 'systemctl status emby-server.service' for details.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u3) ..
However you can manually launch /opt/emby-server/bin/emby-server as root and everything should be working, at least at my side the wizard appeared
at localhost:8096

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Jerry3904
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Re: Installing Emby

#7 Post by Jerry3904 »

And you can boot into systemd if you want by clicking on Advanced Options.
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MikeKlemin
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Re: Installing Emby

#8 Post by MikeKlemin »

Jerry3904 wrote: Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:26 am And you can boot into systemd if you want by clicking on Advanced Options.
The day I decide I drastically in need of systemd on my desktop I most likely will switch distro.

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Re: Installing Emby

#9 Post by Fanofscifi »

MikeKlemin wrote: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:29 am It will installs with nasty looking error because it need systemmd which MX-17/18 does not have enabled (and very persuasive asks us not to enable it).

Code: Select all

$ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.0.0.2_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package emby-server.
(Reading database ... 504239 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack emby-server-deb_4.0.0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking emby-server (4.0.0.2) ...
Setting up emby-server (4.0.0.2) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/emby-server.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/emby-server.service.
Failed to start emby-server.service: Unknown unit: emby-server.service
See system logs and 'systemctl status emby-server.service' for details.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u3) ..
However you can manually launch /opt/emby-server/bin/emby-server as root and everything should be working, at least at my side the wizard appeared
at localhost:8096
Hello everyone. I hope you're all fine. I'm brand new to MX. How do you lanch it? with the terminal? What's the command line to launch it?

Thanks in advance

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Jerry3904
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Re: Installing Emby

#10 Post by Jerry3904 »

Alt-F1
Ctrl-F
"systemd" (2nd hit)

Because the use of systemd as a system and service manager has been controversial, we want to be clear about its function in MX Linux. Systemd is included by default but not enabled. You can scan your MX system and discover files bearing systemd* names, but those simply provide a compatibility hook/entrypoint when needed. MX Linux uses systemd-shim, which emulates the systemd functions that are required to run the helpers without actually using the init service. This means that SvsVinit remains the default init yet MX Linux can use Debian packages that have systemd dependencies such as CUPS and Network Manager.

This approach also allows the user to retain the ability to choose his/her preferred init at boot by clicking on "Advanced options" and selecting the systemd one. We can not provide support for users who choose to run MX Linux using systemd.
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