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Jellyfin assistance (lemmy.ml)

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Hello, I yet again come, hat in hand, for assistance from those wiser in the ways of the Linux. I’m having a bit of an issue downloading Jellyfin on my ElementaryOS laptop. I’ve tried all the guide on the first few pages of ddg only to receive errors after entering the comman “ sudo apt-get update “. I get ERR:3 https//repo.jellyfin.org/debian circle Release 404 Not found.

If someone can point me the way I’d be most appreciative

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Install docker, grab the official docker compose file, then docker compose up -d.

Details: Look up how to install docker on elementary (I guess it's sudo apt install docker), than you don't have to care about the distro after that, docker works the same way everywhere. You can find countless tutorials on this, and they should work

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Thanks, I’ve been seeing that rec a lot recently. I’ll give that a try

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Once you know how to use docker/containerization it'll be the only way you want to deploy applications. Most popular applications will also have good guides on how to setup/config the container, but sometimes you'll need to read up on docker and Linux to figure things out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah I really need to do more reading. My lack of knowledge on Linux is my main issue I think. Just jumped the gun to Linux like a month ago, played around in elementary for a bit and was like “now is the time to set up my media server”. Prob needed more time, reading, and texting but eh.

I appreciate the advice I’ve been getting here big time!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of the commands I use a lot for debugging containers, in case you go down that route:

docker run --rm -it --entrypoint bash <image_name>
This command let's you enter a docker image with bash so you can test commands and treat it like a temporary VM. Great way to see how the image is setup
docker exec -it <container_name>
This let's you enter a running container with bash. A great way to inspect why something might not be working or check mounted volumes, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Also docker logs -f CONTAINERNAME to see the log output for non-interactive containers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You don't need too much, it should be fairly straightforward, read my other reply in this thread if you want more details, but long story short it's just install docker, add your user, copy a file, edit it to suit your needs and run a command.

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