Jellyfin is an open-source media server for viewing various multimedia content, such as movies, TV shows, music, and photos, etc. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Jellyfin on Clear Linux.
Before you start the installation of Jellyfin, make sure you have the following completed prerequisites.
Jellyfin is a .NET-based application that requires the runtime environment to work correctly. Clear Linux supports Mono, an open-source implementation of .NET, which can be installed using the swupd command.
sudo swupd bundle-add mono-basic
After the installation of Mono, you can install Jellyfin using the following commands:
sudo wget -O - https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/linux/jellyfin-server-linux-x64.tar.gz | sudo tar zxvf - -C /usr/share
sudo useradd jellyfin
sudo chown jellyfin:jellyfin /usr/share/jellyfin -R
Finally, you can start the Jellyfin server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start jellyfin
By default, Jellyfin listens on port 8096. Open your web browser and navigate to the http://localhost:8096 address. The web interface of Jellyfin will be displayed. If you want to access Jellyfin from a remote machine, you need to allow port 8096 in your firewall.
sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=8096/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
You have learned how to install Jellyfin on Clear Linux via Mono. Now, you can add your media content to Jellyfin and start watching it on any device with an internet connection.
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