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[BryanC]

installJRMC

This program will install JRiver Media Center and associated services on most Linux distributions.

You can find the latest version of installJRMC, changelog, and documentation in my repository.

tl;dr One-line MC install

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curl https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC|bash
Instructions

Download and unzip installJRMC from the attachment below or grab the latest stable version directly:

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curl -O https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC &&
chmod +x ./installJRMC &&
./installJRMC [--option [ARGUMENT]]
Running `installJRMC` without any options implies --install=repo (on SUSE: --install=local) and will install the latest version of JRiver Media Center from the official JRiver repository (Ubuntu/Debian) or my unofficial repository (Fedora/CentOS) using the system package manager. If --service or --container is passed then the default install method (--install=repo or --install=local) must be specified (to allow services and containers to be installed independent of MC).

Recent versions of installJRMC automatically self-update to the latest installJRMC release.

Options

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$ installJRMC --help
--install, -i repo|local
    repo: Install MC from repository, future updates will be handled by the system package manager
    local: Build and install MC package from official source package
--build[=suse|fedora|centos]
    Build RPM from source DEB but do not install
    Optionally, specify a target distro for cross-building (ex. --build=suse, note the '=')
--compat
    Build/install MC without minimum dependency version requirements
--mcversion VERSION
    Build or install a specific MC version, ex. "33.0.37" or "33" (default: latest)
--arch ARCH
    Specify the MC architecture, ex. "amd64", "arm64", etc (default: host architecture)
--mcrepo REPO
    Specify the MC repository, ex. "bullseye", "bookworm", "noble", etc (default: latest official)
--outputdir PATH
    Generate rpmbuild output in this PATH (default: ./output)
--restorefile RESTOREFILE
    Restore file location for automatic license registration
--betapass PASSWORD
    Enter beta team password for access to beta builds
--service, -s SERVICE
    See SERVICES section below for the list of services to deploy
  --service-type user|system
      Starts services at boot (system) or user login (user) (default: per-service, see SERVICES)
--container, -c CONTAINER (TODO: Under construction)
    See CONTAINERS section below for a list of containers to deploy
--createrepo[=suse|fedora|centos]
    Build rpm, copy to webroot, and run createrepo.
    Optionally, specify a target distro for non-native repo (ex. --createrepo=fedora, note the '=')
  --createrepo-webroot PATH
      The webroot directory to install the repo (default: /var/www/jriver/)
  --createrepo-user USER
      The web server user if different from the current user
--no-update
    Disable the installJRMC update check
--yes, -y, --auto
    Always assumes yes for questions
--version, -v
    Print this script version and exit
--debug, -d
    Print debug output
--help, -h
    Print help dialog and exit
--uninstall, -u
    Uninstall JRiver MC, service files, and firewall rules (does not remove library or media files)

Services

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jriver-mediaserver (user)
    Enable and start a mediaserver systemd service (requires an existing X server)
jriver-mediacenter (user)
    Enable and start a mediacenter systemd service (requires an existing X server)
jriver-x11vnc (user)
    Enable and start x11vnc for the local desktop (requires an existing X server, does NOT support Wayland)
  --vncpass and --display are also valid options (see below)
jriver-xvnc (system)
    Enable and start a new Xvnc session running JRiver Media Center
  --vncpass PASSWORD
    Set vnc password for x11vnc/Xvnc access. If no password is set, the script will either use existing password stored in ~/.vnc/jrmc_passwd or use no password
  --display DISPLAY
    Manually specify display to use for x11vnc/Xvnc (ex. ':1')
jriver-createrepo (system)
    Install hourly service to build latest MC RPM and run createrepo
    By default installs as root service to handle www permissions more gracefully

By default, MC services use a sane --service-type listed next to the service name in the Services description. User services can be manipulated as an unprivileged user, for example: systemctl --user stop jriver-mediacenter and begin at user login. System services are manipulable as root, for example: sudo systemctl stop jriver-servicename@username.service and begin at system boot. Note that it is possible to run all services of a particular user at boot using sudo loginctl enable-linger username.

Multiple services (but not --service-types) can be installed at one time using multiple --service blocks:

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installJRMC --install repo --service jriver-x11vnc --service jriver-mediacenter
jriver-x11vnc versus jriver-xvnc

jriver-x11vnc shares your existing X display via VNC and can be combined with additional services to start Media Center or Media Server. Conversely, jriver-xvnc creates a new Xvnc display and starts a JRiver Media Center service in the foreground of the new VNC display.

Containers

Coming soon!

Firewall

installJRMC automatically creates port forwarding firewall rules for remote access to Media Network (52100-52200/tcp, 1900/udp DLNA) and Xvnc/x11vnc (if selected), using firewall-cmd or ufw.

Examples

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installJRMCInstall the latest version of MC from the best available repository.

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installJRMC --install local --compatInstall a more widely-compatible version of the latest MC version.

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installJRMC --install repo --service jriver-mediacenter --service-type userInstall MC from the repository and start/enable jriver-mediacenter.service as a user service.

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installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 33.0.37Build and install an MC 33.0.37 comptability RPM locally and activate it using the /path/to/license.mjr

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installJRMC --createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --createrepo-user www-userBuild an RPM locally for the current distro, move it to the webroot, and run createrepo as www-user.

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installJRMC --service jriver-createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --createrepo-user www-userInstall the jriver-createrepo timer and service to build the RPM, move it to the webroot, and run createrepo as www-user hourly.

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installJRMC --install repo --service jriver-x11vnc --service jriver-mediacenter --vncpass "letmein"Install services to share the existing local desktop via VNC and automatically run MC on startup.

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installJRMC --install repo --service jriver-xvnc --display ":2"Install an Xvnc server on display ':2' that starts MC.

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installJRMC --uninstallUninstall MC, services, and firewall rules. This will not remove your media, media library/database, or library backup folder.

Additional Info

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[BryanC]

I've disabled the library migration step in installJRMC v1.2.0 since I have not run into (nor heard reports of) any lingering issues with the built-in migration.

[Awesome Donkey]

Nice! Though for me on Ubuntu 24.04 it appears to me that it sets to the noble repo then tries to switch to the bullseye repo. How does --mcrepo noble work? It says it switches to noble then says a few lines below it switches to the bullseye repo. Unless I'm missing something obvious here?

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/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/installJRMC --mcrepo noble -d
Debug: Running: main --mcrepo noble -d
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: ubuntu 24.04 amd64
Debug: Switching to noble repo for *buntu 24
Debug: Using host platform: ubuntu 24.04
Debug: Running: parseInput
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.2.0
Debug: Running: setMCVersion
Debug: Running: installPackage --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container-1
d65a54a16adb042a0684a6ee31678104bf765f063878a6e4ad65c0e91a444347
Using the bullseye repository
Using MC version 33.0.13 from the bullseye repo determined by containerized package manager
To override, use --mcversion
Debug: MC_VERSION=33.0.13, MC_REPO=bullseye, MC_PKG=mediacenter33, MC_RPM=/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/output/RPMS/x86_64/mediacenter33-33.0.13.x86_64.rpm
...
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[BryanC]

Nice! Though for me on Ubuntu 24.04 it appears to me that it sets to the noble repo then tries to switch to the bullseye repo. How does --mcrepo noble work? It says it switches to noble then says a few lines below it switches to the bullseye repo. Unless I'm missing something obvious here?

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/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/installJRMC --mcrepo noble -d
Debug: Running: main --mcrepo noble -d
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: ubuntu 24.04 amd64
Debug: Switching to noble repo for *buntu 24
Debug: Using host platform: ubuntu 24.04
Debug: Running: parseInput
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.2.0
Debug: Running: setMCVersion
Debug: Running: installPackage --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container-1
d65a54a16adb042a0684a6ee31678104bf765f063878a6e4ad65c0e91a444347
Using the bullseye repository
Using MC version 33.0.13 from the bullseye repo determined by containerized package manager
To override, use --mcversion
Debug: MC_VERSION=33.0.13, MC_REPO=bullseye, MC_PKG=mediacenter33, MC_RPM=/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/output/RPMS/x86_64/mediacenter33-33.0.13.x86_64.rpm
...
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Thanks! Could you try again (I re-released the same version)?

Also note that:

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installJRMC --mcrepo noble -d
...won't install MC (you'll also need an install switch since you've specified the repo).

There's also already a workaround in install MC for *buntu >= 24 (as you can see in the debug output). So you shouldn't need to specify --mcrepo at all if you want the noble version to be automatically installed on those platforms.

[Awesome Donkey]

Sure, pulled the newest from the repo and same result. It tries to use noble then switches to bullseye.

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./installJRMC -d
Debug: Running: main -d
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: ubuntu 24.04 amd64
Debug: Switching to noble repo for *buntu 24
Debug: Using host platform: ubuntu 24.04
Debug: Running: parseInput
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.2.0
Debug: Running: setMCVersion
Debug: Running: installPackage --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container-1
1e47dbc3fc575212a0b54acd7e9b3fa8bcda626d4b431764da43906e698ae0b8
Using the bullseye repository
Using MC version 33.0.13 from the bullseye repo determined by containerized package manager
To override, use --mcversion
Debug: MC_VERSION=33.0.13, MC_REPO=bullseye, MC_PKG=mediacenter33, MC_RPM=/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/output/RPMS/x86_64/mediacenter33-33.0.13.x86_64.rpm
...

I seem to also recall asking at some point in the past why it's trying to do a .rpm on Ubuntu but I forgot why, heh. Likely not important though.

[BryanC]

Sure, pulled the newest from the repo and same result. It tries to use noble then switches to bullseye.

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./installJRMC -d
Debug: Running: main -d
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: ubuntu 24.04 amd64
Debug: Switching to noble repo for *buntu 24
Debug: Using host platform: ubuntu 24.04
Debug: Running: parseInput
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.2.0
Debug: Running: setMCVersion
Debug: Running: installPackage --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container-1
1e47dbc3fc575212a0b54acd7e9b3fa8bcda626d4b431764da43906e698ae0b8
Using the bullseye repository
Using MC version 33.0.13 from the bullseye repo determined by containerized package manager
To override, use --mcversion
Debug: MC_VERSION=33.0.13, MC_REPO=bullseye, MC_PKG=mediacenter33, MC_RPM=/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/output/RPMS/x86_64/mediacenter33-33.0.13.x86_64.rpm
...

I seem to also recall asking at some point in the past why it's trying to do a .rpm on Ubuntu but I forgot why, heh. Likely not important though.

Thank you, should be fixed now.

MC_RPM is just a placeholder variable, it isn't actually used on the other platforms.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yep, works great now, thanks a lot!

[Awesome Donkey]

This might need to be checked for Linux Mint 22. It needs to use the noble repo and needs the libwebkit2gtk dependency from it. I don't use Mint so I can't test it.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139566.0.html

[BryanC]

This might need to be checked for Linux Mint 22. It needs to use the noble repo and needs the libwebkit2gtk dependency from it. I don't use Mint so I can't test it.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139566.0.html

Thanks, I think it was just the missing --install switch. I will add a blurb to the OP and simplify this in the future if more distros begin outpacing bullseye.

[BryanC]

In v1.2.2 I've added automatic repository detection for DEB distros to select the correct --mcrepo based on the VERSION_CODENAME.

[Awesome Donkey]

I'll probably get Mint 22 and double check it later.

Been meaning to ask but can any sort of script auto-update be implemented? Like it checks for script updates on start then downloads/applies/restarts the script to run the new one sort of deal? I would imagine there's multiple users who are using older versions without knowing there's an update.

[BryanC]

Been meaning to ask but can any sort of script auto-update be implemented? Like it checks for script updates on start then downloads/applies/restarts the script to run the new one sort of deal? I would imagine there's multiple users who are using older versions without knowing there's an update.

Done in 1.3.1. Thanks for the idea, now I can "push" changes to installJRMC service timers like createrepo.

If installJRMC is in a git repo it will pull and run the new version. If it's not in a git repo, it will download, update, and run the latest version. Hopefully this is the last time anyone will need to download installJRMC!

Also fixed Linux Mint issues and tested on Jammy. 

Required some larger refactoring so testing would be appreciated.

[terrym@tassie]

Using 1.3.1 to install MC33 on Linux Mint 21.3, I got the following problem with the user service that was created:

The service was constantly restarting and showed the following status:

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systemctl --user status  jriver-mediacenter
● jriver-mediacenter.service - JRiver Media Center 33
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/jriver-mediacenter.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: core-dump) since Wed 2024-09-18 14:51:17 AEST; 8s ago
    Process: 15701 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mediacenter33 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 15702 ExecStop=/usr/bin/mc33 /MCC 20007 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
   Main PID: 15701 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 101ms

I looked at the service file and commented out the 'Environment=DISPLAY=' line (file shown below) and then the service started normally.

/usr/lib/systemd/user/jriver-mediacenter.service

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[Unit]
Description=JRiver Media Center 33
After=default.target

[Service]
Type=simple

Environment=XAUTHORITY=/home/terry/.Xauthority
#Environment=DISPLAY=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mediacenter33
KillMode=none
ExecStop=/usr/bin/mc33 /MCC 20007
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
TimeoutStopSec=30

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

EDIT:
Looking into this a bit more, neither of the Environment statements are required for Linux Mint 21.3 as they are already set:

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$ systemctl --user show-environment
HOME=/home/terry
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
LOGNAME=terry
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/u>
SHELL=/bin/bash
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=861
USER=terry
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/xfce4:/home/terry/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/>
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
DESKTOP_SESSION=xfce
DISPLAY=:0
GDMSESSION=xfce
GDM_LANG=en_AU
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
PWD=/home/terry
SHLVL=1
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXXXXX173Non/agent.1140
XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=
XAUTHORITY=/home/terry/.Xauthority
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-xfce:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/terry
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xfce
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
_=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment

If Environment=DISPLAY is included, it should be: Environment=DISPLAY=:0 (on my system)

[BryanC]

Using 1.3.1 to install MC33 on Linux Mint 21.3, I got the following problem with the user service that was created:

*snip*

Thanks, that should be fixed now, it was legacy cruft from old Debian systemd.

Also, since installJRMC is now self-updating I'm dropping versioning from the release zips to simplify things.

[terrym@tassie]

Thanks, really appreciate the effort you put into this incredibly useful utility.

[Awesome Donkey]

Just tried this in a fresh install of OpenSUSE and it seems to be broken. It seems to have permission issues like it doesn't create the output folder, it fails at trying to download the .deb, etc. If you run the script with sudo it does create the output folder (into the root / directory) and attempts to build it, but ultimately fails. It also tries to install the two Fedora mesa-va-drivers-freeworld related dependencies, which doesn't exist for OpenSUSE, not sure if that happens when not using sudo.

Manually creating the output folder and SOURCES folder inside it in the same directory as the script also doesn't do anything (same with manually downloading the .deb file and putting it in the SOURCES folder). Not sure where it's trying to create the output folder, actually. The directory the script is in has full 777 read/write permissions (just for testing this) too.

Here's a full log...

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/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/installJRMC' --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: main --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: parse_input --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: opensuse-tumbleweed 20241001 amd64
Debug: Using host platform: suse 20241001
Debug: Using MC repository: bullseye
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.3.2
Debug: Running: update_self --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Checking for installJRMC update
Debug: Running: install_package --silent wget
Debug: wget already installed, skipping installation
Debug: wget -q -O /tmp/tmp.UsjHKAH5mt https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC
Debug: Running: set_mc_version
Debug: Running: install_package --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container
bf32becfcebc2bfc8c26ec52d4750cf1c2be08660f2e5e1d529c8f41c9ae9f07
Using MC version 33.0.20 from the bullseye repo (determined by containerized package manager)
Debug: Running: install_package wget
Debug: wget already installed, skipping installation
Debug: mkdir -p /output/SOURCES
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/output’: Permission denied
Debug: Running: acquire_deb
Debug: MC_DEB=/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
Checking beta/ repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/beta//MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Checking latest repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/latest/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Checking test repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/test/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Error: Could not download Media Center DEB package

[BryanC]

Just tried this in a fresh install of OpenSUSE and it seems to be broken. It seems to have permission issues like it doesn't create the output folder, it fails at trying to download the .deb, etc. If you run the script with sudo it does create the output folder (into the root / directory) and attempts to build it, but ultimately fails. It also tries to install the two Fedora mesa-va-drivers-freeworld related dependencies, which doesn't exist for OpenSUSE, not sure if that happens when not using sudo.

Manually creating the output folder and SOURCES folder inside it in the same directory as the script also doesn't do anything (same with manually downloading the .deb file and putting it in the SOURCES folder). Not sure where it's trying to create the output folder, actually. The directory the script is in has full 777 read/write permissions (just for testing this) too.

Here's a full log...

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/home/michael/Git/installJRMC/installJRMC' --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: main --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: parse_input --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Running: init
Starting installJRMC
Debug: Detected host platform: opensuse-tumbleweed 20241001 amd64
Debug: Using host platform: suse 20241001
Debug: Using MC repository: bullseye
Debug: Debugging on
Debug: installJRMC version: 1.3.2
Debug: Running: update_self --debug --build=suse --install local
Debug: Checking for installJRMC update
Debug: Running: install_package --silent wget
Debug: wget already installed, skipping installation
Debug: wget -q -O /tmp/tmp.UsjHKAH5mt https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC
Debug: Running: set_mc_version
Debug: Running: install_package --silent buildah
Debug: buildah already installed, skipping installation
Debug: buildah rm alpine-working-container
bf32becfcebc2bfc8c26ec52d4750cf1c2be08660f2e5e1d529c8f41c9ae9f07
Using MC version 33.0.20 from the bullseye repo (determined by containerized package manager)
Debug: Running: install_package wget
Debug: wget already installed, skipping installation
Debug: mkdir -p /output/SOURCES
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/output’: Permission denied
Debug: Running: acquire_deb
Debug: MC_DEB=/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
Checking beta/ repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/beta//MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Checking latest repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/latest/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Checking test repo for DEB package
Debug: wget --quiet --output-document /output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33.0.20/test/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb
/output/SOURCES/MediaCenter-33.0.20-amd64.deb: No such file or directory
Error: Could not download Media Center DEB package

Thanks, should be fixed now.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yep, works fine now, thanks!

[BryanC]

1.3.5 (10/19/2024)

1. SUSE automatically defaults to --install=local
2. RPMs build properly for <= MC31 that lack the MC stub
3. No MC latest version check is performed when only using --install=repo (faster, relies on package manager to identify latest version)
4. Added --no-update option to disable installJRMC self-updates

[Awesome Donkey]

An idea, an addition to --mcversion to specific a major version of MC, e.g. --mcversion 32 to install the latest/last version of the specified MC on the system (same could work for MC33, MC31, etc.). This would be useful for installing older MC versions on a system... well, as long as it's not installing too old MC versions which may not work on newer Linux distros due to dependency issues.

[BryanC]

An idea, an addition to --mcversion to specific a major version of MC, e.g. --mcversion 32 to install the latest/last version of the specified MC on the system (same could work for MC33, MC31, etc.). This would be useful for installing older MC versions on a system... well, as long as it's not installing too old MC versions which may not work on newer Linux distros due to dependency issues.

Good idea, only specifying the major version is now implemented in the dev branch, I want to do a little testing on some of the older distros to make sure they don't blow up before releasing it.

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--mcversion VERSION
    Build or install a specific MC version, ex. "33.0.37" or "33" (default: latest)


[Awesome Donkey]

The one-liner command fails in Ubuntu 24.10 (maybe others as well). It was reported here and I can confirm it just fails with no reason given.

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curl https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC|bash
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Starting installJRMC
To enable debugging output, use --debug or -d
Adding universe repository
[sudo] password for michael:
Installing JRiver Media Center from remote repository
Error: Package update failed!
Error: JRiver Media Center installation from remote repository failed
Of course it being a one-liner, I don't think adding -d or --debug actually works there which actually makes me wonder something... why isn't the debug (verbose) not the default and the current behavior not behind a -s or --silent switch? I can understand the benefit on not wanting to see all the output during install, but for most new users it may actually be more beneficial to make -d the default as it's more likely they'll run into issues like this and not know what to do about it. Or at least give more information about why it fails? Just thinking out loud.

[Awesome Donkey]

Oh, and speaking of Ubuntu 24.10, I totally forgot to mention this when Ubuntu 24.10 was released last month and as-is you'd get an error when running sudo apt update in a Terminal...

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Error: The repository 'http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter oracular Release' does not have a Release file.
If you dig a little deeper...

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Repositories should provide a clear-signed InRelease file, but none found at http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter/dists/oracular/InRelease.The repository 'http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter oracular Release' does not have a Release file.
This likely affects installing MC manually from the repo too.

EDIT: Okay, I remember what it is now. You can't use a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list file anymore (otherwise it'll fail), you have to use a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources file with the following contents...

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Types: deb
URIs: http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter/
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/jriver-com-archive-keyring.gpg
Suites: noble
Components: main

The jriver.list file can't be present at all otherwise it'll cause APT to error out. That's very likely why the one-liner is failing on Ubuntu 24.10, the script will probably have to detect Oracular and newer and if a jriver.list file is present it'll have to remove it before replacing it with a jriver.sources file. I actually encountered this on the day Ubuntu 24.10 was released nearly a month ago. I upgraded to 24.10 and when checking for updates via APT encountered this issue but I figured it out, fixed it and forgot all about it until now (including how to fix it). I also totally forgot to even mention it here on the forums too. Oooof, better late than never I guess.

[BryanC]

1.3.8 (11/4/2024)

1. Can specify major version number only for --mcversion
2. Added new sources file format support for Ubuntu >= 24.10

Oracular (Ubuntu 24.10) will default to using the noble repo by default until an Oracular repo is made available by JRiver. 

[Awesome Donkey]

It works fine now for clean installs, however install fails if jriver.list already previously exists, e.g. due to upgrade from an older Ubuntu to Ubuntu 24.10.

[BryanC]

1.4.0 (11/4/2024)

1. Fixed many long-standing bugs on all platforms
2. Fixed containerized package manager on SUSE
3. Removed obsolete repositories on Ubuntu 24.10
4. Added internal curl support
5. Fixed self-update git pull
6. Added sanity warnings

[JimH]

Thanks again, Bryan!

[Awesome Donkey]

Tested the latest version and it still doesn't remove the existing jriver.list file when adding the jriver.sources file. It's important to check for and remove jriver.list if it exists before adding jriver.sources as having both files present causes this when doing a sudo apt update in the terminal...

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Warning: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons-hidpi (main/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target DEP-11-icons-hidpi (main/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1
Warning: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources:1


[BryanC]

Should be fixed now, plus Ubuntu 24.10 now uses the new JRiver oracular repository that Bob just created, instead of noble.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yep, works good now, thanks!

[tedh]

Hello,

I just tried the new InstallJRMC on Ubuntu 24.10 and it didn't work.

Here is what I got?

tedh@LV-SL410:~$ curl https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC|bash
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Starting installJRMC 1.4.2
To enable debugging output, use --debug or -d
Adding universe repository
[sudo] password for tedh:
Installing JRiver Media Center from remote repository
Installing JRiver Media Center RPM key
Adding MC repository file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources
Error: Failed to install mediacenter33
Error: Package install failed!
Error: JRiver Media Center installation from remote repository failed

[BryanC]

I think this is an MC packaging problem, I'll consult with Bob in the latest build thread.

In the meantime you can try the noble repo, I think this issue was already addressed there.

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curl https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC|bash -s -- --mcrepo=noble --debug

[tedh]

The noble repo worked. Thank you very much!

[BryanC]

I've made noble the default repo for Oracular in the interim until it's fixed.

[Awesome Donkey]

Here's another idea, add a new option like --beta or -b to add the beta repository. IMO, it should be kept separate from the main/latest repository as it's not updated too often and it's possible to have both repos present on a Debian-based distro. I have jriver.services in Ubuntu set for the latest repo but I also have a jriver_beta.service too, which the only difference is between the files is the URL used; http://dist.jriver.com/latest/mediacenter/ to http://dist.jriver.com/beta/mediacenter/

[BryanC]

1.4.5 (11/12/2024)

1. Fixed GPG signing key bug on Oracular
2. Specifying --betapass (even w/ dummy password) will use the beta repository channel on DEB distros
3. Added sanity warnings for --betapass and --install=repo method

Instead of adding a new option I just tacked it onto --betapass, since the repo is public it's possible to pass a dummy password. I'm not sure if the beta channels are meant to be public so this will remain an undocumented option for now.

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installJRMC --betapass x --mcrepo noble should do what you want (no beta builds for oracular thus far).

[ckwilliams99]

Complete Linux Noobie here. Recently embarked upon the Windows 10 Migration to Linux.  I have a dual-boot implementation of Linux Mint Cinnamon and successfully (I thought) installed MC 33 on 3 Nov 2024.  I installed my new MC Master License for Linux this morning and began importing my audio/video files.  The import appears to have worked flawlessly but each time I attempt to select a menu option or test play my first file, MC shuts down.

For starters, here's my inxi system summary:

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-47-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0
    clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Help-About works/displays latest v 33.0.33 but then the app closes again.  My only thought at this moment is to reboot and try running MC again.

I'll update later...

ckwilliams

[Awesome Donkey]

This isn't a installJRMC issue, you should post this in the latest MC33 for Linux release topic.

Anyways, open a terminal and type in mediacenter33 to start MC and reproduce the issue and see what it says in the terminal when it crashes/closes. I assume something about a segfault? You may need to enable logging in MC, reproduce the crash, and post the log.

[MikeO3]

Hello.

Does installJRMC --uninstall support --mcversion  switch? Somehow I have ended up 32 and 33 installed in my system. 

[BryanC]

Hello.

Does installJRMC --uninstall support --mcversion  switch? Somehow I have ended up 32 and 33 installed in my system. 

Theoretically it should but I have not tested it. The firewall rules and services will be removed though, so it's probably better to uninstall both versions and then reinstall whichever one you want. Your librar(ies) in ~/.jriver won't be affected, but it would be a good idea to make a library backup beforehand just in case.

[MikeO3]

Theoretically it should but I have not tested it. The firewall rules and services will be removed though, so it's probably better to uninstall both versions and then reinstall whichever one you want. Your librar(ies) in ~/.jriver won't be affected, but it would be a good idea to make a library backup beforehand just in case.

--uninstall only removed the latest version 33 and not the 32. When I reran after 33 uninstall, I received the following which maybe of interest for you as it does check versions at some point.

mediauser@MediaServer3:~/Downloads$ ./installJRMC --uninstall
Starting installJRMC 1.4.5
To enable debugging output, use --debug or -d
Do you really want to uninstall JRiver Media Center? [y/N]: y
Stopping and removing all Media Center services
Removing MC repositories
Removing firewall rules
Uninstalling JRiver Media Center package
Error: JRiver Media Center package 'mediacenter33' is not present and was not uninstalled

I reran with installJRMC --uninstall --mcversion 32.0.58 and it uninstalled.

Thank your for the time you spend maintaining this script. Very useful.

[ckwilliams99]

This isn't a installJRMC issue, you should post this in the latest MC33 for Linux release topic.

Anyways, open a terminal and type in mediacenter33 to start MC and reproduce the issue and see what it says in the terminal when it crashes/closes. I assume something about a segfault? You may need to enable logging in MC, reproduce the crash, and post the log.

Thank you, Awesome Donkey!

[penger10]

Tried your install for MC33 on Nobara, and it worked flawlessly!  Thankyou, and nice work!!!

[HTPC Videophile]

Does the uninstall procedure take care of all the symlinks created during installation ?

[frani]

Apparently I am too dumb for this, so I need a little "help for Dummies".

I have a Raspi 5, running Ubuntu 24.10 on it, but I am an absolutely newbie in Linux so I have no idea about Terminal, commandos etc. Downloaded the installJRMC file, unpacked it and then what??? Doubleklick on "installJRMC" opens a readme Program with a lot of text which literally says nothing to me. Tried to copy that into the Terminal but that doesn't work.
I also tried the Linux Download distribution with the arm64.deb extension, as I did that with the program Teamviewer, which worked fine by doubleklicking on it and then choose the AppCenter. So I thought that is the way to go but unfortunately with JRiver that doesn't work either.
Could anyone walk me throught his but again, I am really a beginner  :'(

[BryanC]

Does the uninstall procedure take care of all the symlinks created during installation ?

The only symlink that is potentially created is within the /usr/lib/jriver installation directory when the default link to the system-wide SSL certificate is broken (historically, on non-Debian distros). It looks like most distros have begun providing their own placeholder symlinks to account for these differences, so I may remove it at some point in the future.

[BryanC]

Apparently I am too dumb for this, so I need a little "help for Dummies".

I have a Raspi 5, running Ubuntu 24.10 on it, but I am an absolutely newbie in Linux so I have no idea about Terminal, commandos etc. Downloaded the installJRMC file, unpacked it and then what??? Doubleklick on "installJRMC" opens a readme Program with a lot of text which literally says nothing to me. Tried to copy that into the Terminal but that doesn't work.
I also tried the Linux Download distribution with the arm64.deb extension, as I did that with the program Teamviewer, which worked fine by doubleklicking on it and then choose the AppCenter. So I thought that is the way to go but unfortunately with JRiver that doesn't work either.
Could anyone walk me throught his but again, I am really a beginner  :'(

Open up a terminal and enter the following command:

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sudo apt-get install -y curl; curl https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/master/installJRMC|bash

[frani]

I tried that already too, but I get the following error message:

Starting installJRMC 1.4.5
To enable debugging output, use --debug or -d
Adding universe repository
Installing JRiver Media Center from remote repository
Installing JRiver Media Center RPM key
Adding MC repository file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver.sources
Error: Package update failed!
Error: JRiver Media Center installation from remote repository failed

It also says something about that the 'curl' package is not awailable.

[Awesome Donkey]

Try doing a sudo apt install curl first.

[frani]

This is the message I get when I try Sudo APT install curl:

"Pakket curl is niet beschikbaar, hoewel er naar verwezen wordt door
een ander pakket. Mogelijk betekent dit dat het pakket ontbreekt,
verouderd is, of enkel beschikbaar is van een andere bron

Fout: Pakket 'curl' heeft geen kandidaat voor installatie"

Sorry for the Dutch language...

just went through Google Translator:

"Package curl is not available, although referenced by
another package. This may mean that the package is missing,
is outdated, or only available from another source

Error: Package 'curl' has no candidate for installation"