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Installing and using Jellyfin without root (programming.dev)
submitted 6 months ago by Hammerheart@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have a VPS, but no root access so I can't use apt, or even read a lot of the system files. I would like to get jellyfin (or any media server, really) running on it. Jellyfin has a portable installation option, so I followed the instructions in the docs to install it from the .tar.gz.

But it says I have to install ffmpeg-jellyfin, and I can't find a portable installation of that. My VPS already has ffmpeg installed on it. Will jellyfin work if I just point it to that instead? Or, how can I go about installing ffmpeg-jellyfin without root access?

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

Why not use a docker image?

[-] LaggyKar@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

That requires root

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

I thought there is a rootless docker?

[-] LaggyKar@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You're right, that might work

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