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JRiver Media Center 21.0.90 for Debian (Jessie) AMD64
geier22:
nowadays I checked for a long time where MC stores its files. I found strange things:
In /usr/lib/JRiver/ there are two identical directories (see picture)
The program file is not in this directory, only a link to /usr/bin/ mediacenter21. There, the program is with 18.3 MiB.
I think, in Linux makes everyone what he wants now. I just installed SparkyLinux, and find a wallpaper folder in / opt / ??
To my knowledge, programs must be installed to / opt /, which are not provided by the distribution. See here.
I have all additional programs which are not come from the Debian repos installed in /opt/. I also have such a good overview of additional programs
If I'm doing a new installation I just need to copy the /opt/ directory to the new installation, copy the ~/home/ - directories of the program. I then make a entry in the start menu - that's all.
What is the reason why not JRiver makes this so?
Good news:
MC is working well now in Debian Stretch (KDE) (since the updates in the last week)
MC is also working well in SparkyLinux (LXQT and XFCE) - SparkyLinux is Debian-Stretch based
A question about the Skins:
Earlier you could download Skins as *.zip files. The files could be extracted and copied in the skin directory.
Now these are little *.mjp - files. What to do with these files?
Hendrik:
--- Quote from: geier22 on September 16, 2015, 04:34:46 am ---What is the reason why not JRiver makes this so?
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MC is installed using the normal package manager, on Debian and Ubuntu at least, and as such there is no reason to move to /opt/, IMHO. We even provide a repository for automatic updating and everything.
Why you have a MC21 dir next to Media Center 21 I cannot tell you. MC does not use that. But considering both contain the exact same files, maybe MC21 is a symlink?
geier22:
--- Quote from: Hendrik on September 16, 2015, 05:18:15 am ---Why you have a MC21 dir next to Media Center 21 I cannot tell you. MC does not use that. But considering both contain the exact same files, maybe MC21 is a symlink?
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I have now examined: It is indeed a symlink. I have the symlink now renamed. MC starts as before.
I'll wait a while and then delete it
In this installation (SparkyLinux XFCE based on Debian Stretch), I never installed MC by hand. I have added the repo of JRiver right after installation. From there I have MC installed.
The updates were always done only with the normal dist-upgrade. Last yesterday to version 21.0.7.
This symlink can therefore only come from JRiver
Hendrik:
It appears Bob added the symlink to the .deb recently. I guess its easier to access without the spaces. I would just leave it in place, its not like it harms anyone in the JRiver directory there.
geier22:
It does not hurt - but it's confusing. It would be good if the directory /usr/lib/JRiver/Media Center 21/ would then at some point disappear.
That's what I meant by: I think, in Linux makes everyone what he wants now.
--- Quote from: Hendrik on September 16, 2015, 05:18:15 am ---MC is installed using the normal package manager, on Debian and Ubuntu at least, and as such there is no reason to move to /opt/, IMHO.
--- End quote ---
However, there are examples where the normal installer installs the program files - in my opinion - correct to the / opt / directory.
One example is OpenOffice
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