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shadowlight

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How To Install Linux License?
« on: December 13, 2014, 12:30:22 am »

I installed the Linux version of MC and went under Help --> Install License and entered the registration code that I had received.  Doing that took me to the restore page where I entered the information as requested and got a .mjr file.  What do I need to do with the .mjr file to import the license?

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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2014, 04:54:16 am »

It should have installed automatically, but I suppose it can still fail on some distros.

To do it manually, you need to open a terminal and from the location where you saved the mjr file, use the command:

mediacenter20 /RestoreFromFile "Media Center20 Linux-YYYYYY.mjr"

Fill in the YYYYY with the number that's in the file, make sure the filename matches the file you saved.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2014, 10:20:54 am »

It should have installed automatically, but I suppose it can still fail on some distros.

To do it manually, you need to open a terminal and from the location where you saved the mjr file, use the command:

mediacenter20 /RestoreFromFile "Media Center20 Linux-YYYYYY.mjr"

Fill in the YYYYY with the number that's in the file, make sure the filename matches the file you saved.


Thanks, that worked.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2014, 10:22:20 am »

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Restoring_a_License

The link does not have any information on how to install Linux license.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2014, 11:34:41 am »

The process is the same.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2014, 12:21:32 pm »

The process is the same.

Jim,

I already had a mrj file which did not get installed automatically.  I tried opening it with JRiver and that failed also.  The only thing that worked was information provided by "inflatableMouse"
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2014, 01:24:18 pm »

The problem may be the distro you're using.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2014, 02:41:42 pm »

Distro.

Autocorrect problems with your cellphone Jim?  ;D

But yeah, you're probably right.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2014, 02:52:41 pm »

Thanks.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2014, 03:18:43 pm »

The problem may be the distro you're using.

Jim,

I am using Debian with XFCE and the version of MC is 20.0.46.  Anything else to try to figure out why it did not work?
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2014, 03:53:46 pm »

Jim,

I am using Debian with XFCE and the version of MC is 20.0.46.  Anything else to try to figure out why it did not work?
Are you sure it didn't work?

The license will be installed when you enter the registration code. The mjr file isn't necessary, it's just a different way to get the license in case your MC wasn't able to reach the license server on the internet.

On linux MC doesn't control the "file associations" so the mjr file is only useful on the command line as IM said.

If you didn't get licensed when you entered the code possible issues are trouble reaching (at least just at that particular time) the license server on the internet or a lack of an ssl certificate file or an out of date one. You could try "update-ca-certificates" from a command line as root.

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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2014, 06:48:14 pm »

I am pretty sure it did not install the license, since it kept saying unregistered and 30 day trial even after restarting MC and also rebooting.  Ran the updated ca command and it came back 0 added or removed.  I can install Debian again and go through the restore process with any debugging option that you want turned on to provide you guys with feedback.  I think I still have couple of restores left.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2014, 09:58:30 pm »

I am pretty sure it did not install the license, since it kept saying unregistered and 30 day trial even after restarting MC and also rebooting.  Ran the updated ca command and it came back 0 added or removed.  I can install Debian again and go through the restore process with any debugging option that you want turned on to provide you guys with feedback.  I think I still have couple of restores left.
We can reset the restores but I don't think you need to go through that now that you have the license installed.
Are you running 64 bit? I haven't done a license test on that lately but it did work fine last time I checked.
Do you have anything other than a single ethernet interface for networking?
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2014, 10:49:18 am »

We can reset the restores but I don't think you need to go through that now that you have the license installed.
Are you running 64 bit? I haven't done a license test on that lately but it did work fine last time I checked.
Do you have anything other than a single ethernet interface for networking?

Yes to 64-bit and single ethernet interface.  I do not have anything setup on the server so resetting and getting you guys information is not that big a deal.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2014, 11:49:56 am »

Yes to 64-bit and single ethernet interface.  I do not have anything setup on the server so resetting and getting you guys information is not that big a deal.
I just tested it here with a default 64 bit wheezy installation and it worked fine.
Perhaps there was just a routing issue between you and the license server when you tried it.

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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2014, 01:22:37 pm »

Must be.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2015, 08:48:48 pm »

I cannot install my Master license.  I've gotten 15 emails with codes buy-button@jriver.

I get this email everytime I use xterm ( I'm using UBUNTU) and run:

mediacenter20 /Dowloads "Media Center20 Master-89620.mjr"

I am really frustrated and don't understand why it keeps using my codes. Seriously 15 codes in 10 minutes...

I didn't know this till I checked my email to write this in the forum.

Why is it doing this?
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2015, 09:32:49 pm »

I cannot install my Master license.  I've gotten 15 emails with codes buy-button@jriver.

I get this email everytime I use xterm ( I'm using UBUNTU) and run:

mediacenter20 /Dowloads "Media Center20 Master-89620.mjr"

I am really frustrated and don't understand why it keeps using my codes. Seriously 15 codes in 10 minutes...

I didn't know this till I checked my email to write this in the forum.

Why is it doing this?

Try like this;

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mediacenter20 /RestoreFromFile "Media Center20 Master-89620.mjr"
Make sure you cd into the directory with the terminal where your license file is located in first.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2015, 08:13:08 am »

We can fix the restore problem if you run out.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2015, 08:41:50 pm »

I'm having trouble installing my master license in Ubuntu 14.10 (x64).

When I run this (subbed in my actual file name):
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mediacenter20 /RestoreFromFile "Media Center20 Linux-YYYYYY.mjr"
I am receiving this error:
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p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-kcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Could not restore license from file Media Center20 Master-286362.mjr

Looks to me like it's trying to load up 32-bit libs. Did some quick searching, and the items I found were related to wine, which may be used by mediacenter(?). Incidentally, I see this same error when I launch mediacenter from a terminal, but MC still starts up (and says it not registered)

Anyhoo, made sure gnome-keyring was install, and it is (64-bit version, anyway).

Any ideas? Is there some step I may have missed during the install?

Thanks in advance for any insight.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2015, 09:45:05 am »

Make sure you've satisfied all of dependencies. Have you tried looking at my Ubuntu setup guide? The license works fine for me from the terminal.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2015, 12:43:35 pm »

Make sure you've satisfied all of dependencies. Have you tried looking at my Ubuntu setup guide? The license works fine for me from the terminal.

I just finished updating my Ubuntu setup and here are the packages that I installed for a bare bone headless setup.

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sudo apt-get install xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all xsettingsd xterm xtermcontrol xtermset xserver-xorg-video-dummy
apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install gnutls-bin libgnutls26:i386 libgnutls26 libgnutls28:i386 libgnutls28 exo-utils
sudo apt-get install libx11-6:i386 libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libuuid1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libidn11:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 zlib1g:i386 libxext6:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386
sudo apt-get install libp11-kit0:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 xdg-utils lib32stdc++6 xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi lame vorbis-tools musepack-tools
sudo apt-get libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 exo-utils
wget http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v20/latest/MediaCenter-20.0.64.deb
dpkg -i MediaCenter-20.0.54.deb
apt-get install -f
apt-get autoremove
mediacenter20 /RestoreFromFile "Media Center20 Linux-YYYYYY.mjr"
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2015, 01:21:49 pm »

You have the current build of MC?
The older ones can't install a master license.

Are you running the command from the command line as the same user as MC runs as from the GUI?

If MC's running from the GUI ok, the license should install.
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2015, 01:50:04 pm »

You have the current build of MC?
The older ones can't install a master license.

Are you running the command from the command line as the same user as MC runs as from the GUI?

If MC's running from the GUI ok, the license should install.

D'oh. I followed Donkey's guide *too* closely - it was not the latest version in the commands I copied. I just installed 20.0.64, and was able to install the license.

Thanks!
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Re: How To Install Linux License?
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2015, 02:05:06 pm »

Yeah, need to update that real quick.

EDIT: Updated and fixed.
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