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Setup JRiver Media Center 20 In Ubuntu/Linux Mint
JimH:
Bob and I talked about this again this morning, and I agree with his thinking. Maybe some day we will do builds for more distros, but it won't be any time soon.
pewe1263:
Hi All,
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 and performed all the steps as mentioned on the first page until getting mc20. When I try to do step "sudo apt-get install mediacenter20" I get a nice message saying "Unable to locate package mediacenter20"
Since I'm not a linux expert I'm at a stand still here, your help is very welcome !
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: mwillems on May 14, 2015, 07:28:11 am ---I think there's a small error in the guide above (in the license installation section). You advise using the following command if the .mjr file is in the Downloads directory:
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Yes, you're right. Corrected, thanks! :)
--- Quote from: JimH on May 14, 2015, 10:26:41 am ---Bob and I talked about this again this morning, and I agree with his thinking. Maybe some day we will do builds for more distros, but it won't be any time soon.
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Honestly, I'd say the current Debian build is already enough for Ubuntu and Mint as well. Besides using different window managers (Unity, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, GNOME, etc.), they're really not too different. There is a couple potential sticks in the mud in the future, Mir and Wayland replacing X. I'm not sure if XMir and XWayland is enough to get MC running on Mir or Wayland or not, it's something that may need tested. But other than the various window managers and X replacements, yeah, I think the Debian build is enough for Ubuntu and Mint.
The other issue is the potential difference in required dependencies. Setting up a Launchpad PPA to easily handle this would be the ideal solution here. But that adds another level of needing to maintain. I thought about trying to set one up myself (assuming its okay with you guys) and maintaining it by myself or with others as a team if anyone's willing. I've never setup a PPA before, but I'd be willing to try and test out the various Ubuntu and Mint configurations in virtual machines. Or if you guys want to setup the PPA to start out and I'd be willing to update it for new builds for you guys, I could do that too. :)
bob:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on May 14, 2015, 01:17:40 pm ---Yes, you're right. Corrected, thanks! :)
Honestly, I'd say the current Debian build is already enough for Ubuntu and Mint as well. Besides using different window managers (Unity, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, GNOME, etc.), they're really not too different. There is a couple potential sticks in the mud in the future, Mir and Wayland replacing X. I'm not sure if XMir and XWayland is enough to get MC running on Mir or Wayland or not, it's something that may need tested. But other than the various window managers and X replacements, yeah, I think the Debian build is enough for Ubuntu and Mint.
The other issue is the potential difference in required dependencies. Setting up a Launchpad PPA to easily handle this would be the ideal solution here. But that adds another level of needing to maintain. I thought about trying to set one up myself (assuming its okay with you guys) and maintaining it by myself or with others as a team if anyone's willing. I've never setup a PPA before, but I'd be willing to try and test out the various Ubuntu and Mint configurations in virtual machines. Or if you guys want to setup the PPA to start out and I'd be willing to update it for new builds for you guys, I could do that too. :)
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Could you explain how the launchpad ppa works and how it's different than an apt repository?
Awesome Donkey:
Information on setting up a Launchpad PPA for Ubuntu.
More-or-less a PPA repository is the same as an apt repository except for some differences. The main benefits to a PPA are having missing dependencies automatically installed regardless of arch used, specifying specific dependencies for certain Ubuntu releases (e.g. Trusty has an extra dependency whereas Vivid doesn't). Might be able to get ARM builds this way too. But ultimately it probably doesn't really matter, just need to account for the LTS and latest Ubuntu releases.
Actually, I've been thinking about splitting this tutorial off into three separate forum topics (instead of having one topic); one tutorial topic for Ubuntu LTS, one for the latest Ubuntu release and one more for Linux Mint. I think I need to do this finally - this topic will become the Ubuntu latest topic. Scratch that, I deleted the split off tutorials and was able to merge them all back into one for the time being. Was also able to remove the list of dependencies as it seems they'll be installed alongside mediacenter20! Also 32-bit builds *may* work now, but it needs major testing!
I need to redo my two Ubuntu test VMs again to test the Jessie builds in 14.04.2 and 15.04 cleanly - I'd also take the opportunity to test more of the window manager things noted here. Done this, tested clean installs of MC and made note of a couple things in the AMD64 topic.
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