With the release of Media Center 23 onto the latest repo, the APT Repository has been updated and changed for Media Center 23. What does this mean? If you're already using the APT Repository for Media Center 20, Media Center 21 or Media Center 22 and you're going to replace it with Media Center 23, you'll need to update your sources. Otherwise if you're doing a clean install of Media Center 23 you can skip step 0!
Step 0 - Optional - Replacing Media Center 20/21/22 with Media Center 23:
This step is completely optional. If you want to keep older Media Center builds installed alongside Media Center 23, you can without issue! However, if you want to completely replace an older Media Center with a newer Media Center 23 (and leave no trace of the old Media Center versions around), you can follow this step and go onto step 1! NOTE: Always do a library backup of any older Media Center versions (save to the desktop or somewhere you can find it) if you're going to proceed with this step!
Still wanting to do a clean install with no older Media Center builds installed? Okay, first make a backup of your Media Center 20/21/22 library and save it to a place where you can find it, e.g. desktop. This is VERY important!
Now we've got to remove the old mediacenter20.list and/or mediacenter21.list and/or mediacenter22.list file from the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. Open a Terminal (by either pressing CTRL+ALT+T or by searching for the Terminal in your desktop environment) and either type the following command or copy and paste the command in and press Enter (you *may* be prompted for your password);
For Media Center 20:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter20.list
For Media Center 21:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter21.list
For Media Center 22:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter22.list
Now assuming you made a backup of your library, lets remove Media Center 20/21/22 completely. With a Terminal open (by either pressing CTRL+ALT+T or by searching for the Terminal in your desktop environment) and either type the following commands one-by-one or copy and paste the commands in one-by-one and press Enter (you *may* be prompted for your password);
For Media Center 20:
sudo apt-get remove mediacenter20
For Media Center 21:
sudo apt-get remove mediacenter21
For Media Center 22:
sudo apt-get remove mediacenter22
Then...
For Media Center 20:
sudo rm -rf '/usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 20'
For Media Center 21:
sudo rm -rf '/usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 21'
For Media Center 22:
sudo rm -rf '/usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 22'
And finally...
For Media Center 20:
sudo rm -rf '~/.jriver/Media Center 20'
For Media Center 21:
sudo rm -rf '~/.jriver/Media Center 21'
For Media Center 22:
sudo rm -rf '~/.jriver/Media Center 22'
This will completely remove Media Center 20/21/22 - now you're ready to install Media Center 23!
Step 1 - Adding the JRiver Media Center 23 APT Repository:
The APT repository is required to install Media Center 23 and keep Media Center 23 updated with every new release. There's three available repositories; Stable, Latest and Beta. Decide for yourself which one you want to use - descriptions of each are below.
NOTE: You can run the beta repo alongside either the latest or stable repos if desired (for beta testing, etc.). Don't try to use both the latest and stable repos at the same time - only choose and use one of them!
First, open a Terminal (by either pressing CTRL+ALT+T or by searching for the Terminal in your desktop environment) and either type the following command or copy and paste the command in and press Enter (you *may* be prompted for your password);
wget -q "http://dist.jriver.com/mediacenter@jriver.com.gpg.key" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Next, with the Terminal still open, we need to download and add the correct mediacenter.list file to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. Also, you can pick which repository you want to use (Stable, Latest or Beta - choose only one!) so either type one the following commands or copy and paste the command in and press Enter;
Media Center 23 (Stable) Repository:
This repository is using the latest stable release of Media Center 23 and is currently the default repository that should be used. It may be out-of-date compared to the Latest repository, however these builds have been thoroughly tested and are considered stable.
sudo wget http://dist.jriver.com/stable/mediacenter/mediacenter23.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter23.list
Media Center 23 (Latest) Repository:
This repository is using the latest up-to-date release of Media Center 23. There *may* be instability issues!
sudo wget http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter/mediacenter23.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter23.list
Media Center 23 (Beta) Repository:
This repository is for beta builds - not intended for users who prefer stability! These builds are likely buggy, may crash, etc. But this repo can be used alongside either the stable or latest repos!
sudo wget http://dist.jriver.com/beta/mediacenter/mediacenter23.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediacenter23beta.list
That's it! Now we can install Media Center 23...
Step 2 - Installing Media Center 23:
Finally, we need to reload the packages list, so with the Terminal still open either type the following command or copy and paste the command in and press Enter;
sudo apt-get update
You can now install Media Center 23 by opening a Terminal (by either pressing CTRL+ALT+T or by searching for the terminal in your desktop environment) or re-use the Terminal from the previous step. Next either type the following command or copy and paste the command in and press Enter (you *may* be prompted for your password);
sudo apt-get install mediacenter23
And that's it, Media Center 23 should be installed now. Hope this helps people getting the Media Center 23 APT repository added and working on Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.
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