Am running a debian webserver and trying to get XBMC to work also
Ok so ive gave up and asked for help after about 10 hours TODAY trying to get xbmc to work on my home server
I run debain 64bit on my home server, ive tryed soo very many "howto's" on how to get xbmc to work on debain and none have worked. Ive cleaned and reinstalled everything so many times, Am not very good with linux but has anyone seen a howto which works? and is very easy to understand? am about to give up on this and just buy a apple tv for xbmc (but I was trying to save some pennys) Cheers |
Hi,
depends on what version of Debian you are running and on what you have tried already. If you are running testing or unstable then a simple "apt-get install xbmc" should do it. If you are running stable, your best bet would probably be installing Christian Marillat's packages by adding his repos to your /etc/apt/sources.list. See http://deb-multimedia.org/ Failing the above please be specific about what you have tried and what problems you encounter. Evo2. |
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I did try the apt-get install xbmc and it give me errors when I tryed to run it I also added "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free" to that sources.list and than ran the update but was unsure on what to do after that |
Hi,
you can find out your os version with the following command: Code:
lsb_release --all Quote:
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apt-get install xbmc Code:
apt-cache policy xbmc |
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# lsb_release --all Quote:
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xbmc: Installed: (none) Candidate: 10.0-0.5+1 Version table: 10.0-0.5+1 0 500 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages I guess this is because clean install of debian Cheers for the help! |
Hi,
ok, so you did 1. A fresh install of squeeze (current Debian stable) 2. Added deb-multimedia to your sources.list From the output of "apt-cache policy xbmc" it seems you haven't installed it yet. Did you try to install it with "apt-get install xbmc"? Evo2. |
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Want me to add the the multimedia to the sources list and run the install xbmc? Cheers |
Hey,
well, your welcome to follow my suggestion. But I guess you are also free to wait for a second opinion. Cheers, Evo2. |
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Ok so I ran "apt-get install xbmc" than typed xbmc to run it and got this (same error as when I was trying to do it) Code:
root@debian:~# xbmc Code:
root@debian:~# apt-cache policy xbmc |
Hi,
first thing: you should not be running this as root. You should log into an xsession as a normal user (you should have been prompted to create one during the install process) and then try to run xbmc. When you boot up the machine, do you get a graphical interface? It should look something like the screenshots here: http://www.unixmen.com/debian60-sque...eenshots-tour/ Evo2. ---------- Post added 2012-06-09 at 22:15 ---------- Hi, first thing: you should not be running this as root. You should log into an xsession as a normal user (you should have been prompted to create one during the install process) and then try to run xbmc. When you boot up the machine, do you get a graphical interface? It should look something like the screenshots here: http://www.unixmen.com/debian60-sque...eenshots-tour/ Evo2. |
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Oh no root, I always log in with this. |
Hi,
ok, you have to have a graphical interface up and running. The xbmc gui runs on top of the graphical interface. Probably the simplest way to get a gui setup is to (as root) run tasksel and select "Graphical desktop environment". Evo2. |
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Cheers |
Hi,
yeah the webserver will be fine. I run a webserver/diskserver/torrentbox/desktop all on one machine. Evo2. ---------- Post added 2012-06-09 at 22:40 ---------- Hi, yeah the webserver will be fine. I run a webserver/diskserver/torrentbox/desktop all on one machine. Evo2. |
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Thanks again for the help. |
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