Logitech Media Server on Ubuntu 20.04

I posted this already to askubuntu.com and the ubuntu forum but maybe it is of interest here too. I could not register to his forum when I succeeded solving my problem to post this guide here in the first place.

I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and that broke my installation but I figured out how to make it work again:

After some tempering around, I considered to do a fresh install. So I deleted the old stuff in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/

Then I got me a fresh deb-packet from: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=8.0

Personally I used the version for the most plattforms but depending on plattform just select a fitting deb:

I Installed it with:

As I tried older versions too and even tried a git checkout I hope I lack no detail another script has already done for me without noticing it.

If the dpkg installation not already added a user and group please do so:

Create a directory for the pid file:

And give it to that user and group:

Same goes for the stuff in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/

The problem comes with the startup script in /etc/init.d. It simply does not work, as Ubuntu 20.04 does not have the start-stop-daemon any more. It is simply linked to /bin/true which might work for some scripts but does not work for the logitechmediaserver. I tried a C implementation for this program, but it had it hinges so I dropped the start-stop-daemon and modified the startup program arcordingly.

Just store the old startup script away (just to be save) and paste the attachment into an editor of your choice on your server or simply copy it to your filesystem and remove that .txt postfix. Without it, I could not upload it.

That script is not pretty, but it does the job for me and will hopefully help you too. You have to place it in /etc/init.d under the name logitechmediaserver

After that you have to run the following command to make systemctl happy:

Just give it a test run with starting it:

You should be able to log in with your webbrowser to http://YourServerIP:9000/ and configure it.

logitechmediaserver.txt

And test if it does shut down again:

When everything has worked out, enable the service:

Attached Files

• logitechmediaserver.txt (8.0 KB)