jellyfin-termux.md

Install Jellyfin on Termux [In Proot]

This guide shows two methods of installing Jellyfin on termux

Note: only tested on aarch64/arm64

These steps are same for both methods:

1. Update the repo

pkg update

2. Install proot-distro and ffmpeg (ffmpeg is only required in Method 2)

pkg install proot-distro ffmpeg -y

3. Install ubuntu and Login to it

proot-distro install ubuntu
proot-distro login ubuntu

4. Update and upgrade the packages in ubuntu

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Method 1:

5. Install sudo curl and gnupg

apt install sudo curl gnupg -y

6. Follow the step 3 to 6 in the official ubuntu installation guide for Jellyfin here

7. Create a symbolic link for Jellyfin web client (as it's in the wrong folder)

ln -s /usr/share/jellyfin/web /usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/jellyfin-web

8. Run Jellyfin

jellyfin

9. Goto http://localhost:8096 to setup Jellyfin

Method 2:

5. Install necessary packages (skip wget if you have it installed in termux)

apt install wget libicu70 ca-certificates -y

6. Make a new folder in /opt by the name jellyfin and cd into it

mkdir /opt/jellyfin
cd /opt/jellyfin

7. Download the latest generic linux build for your architecture from here with wget (make sure you down the correct architecture for you device)

wget https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/linux/stable/combined/jellyfin_10.8.8_arm64.tar.gz

8. Extract it with tar

tar xvzf jellyfin_10.8.8_arm64.tar.gz

9. Create a symbolic link so you can easily upgrade

ln -s jellyfin_10.8.8 jellyfin

10. Create four sub-directories for Jellyfin data

mkdir data cache config log

11. Use nano to make a script to run Jellyfin

nano jellyfin.sh

• Paste the following:

#!/bin/bash
JELLYFINDIR="/opt/jellyfin"

$JELLYFINDIR/jellyfin/jellyfin \
 -d $JELLYFINDIR/data \
 -C $JELLYFINDIR/cache \
 -c $JELLYFINDIR/config \
 -l $JELLYFINDIR/log \
 --ffmpeg /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ffmpeg

• Save and exit nano by pressing CTRL + x then y then enter

12. Make it executable

chmod +x jellyfin.sh

13. Run it

/opt/jellyfin/jellyfin.sh

14. Goto http://localhost:8096 to setup Jellyfin

jellyfin.sh

#!/bin/bash
JELLYFINDIR="/opt/jellyfin"

$JELLYFINDIR/jellyfin/jellyfin \
 -d $JELLYFINDIR/data \
 -C $JELLYFINDIR/cache \
 -c $JELLYFINDIR/config \
 -l $JELLYFINDIR/log \
 --ffmpeg /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ffmpeg

libcu70Where can I download the library

libcu70Where can I download the library

Through apt with apt install libicu70

why is it using a bit of an outdated version of jellyfin
i tried using the latest version of it 10.9.3
i kept on getting errors

also please update the method 2 part 7 link to this if your using 10.8.8

arm64
https://repo.jellyfin.org/archive/server/linux/stable/10.8.8/combined/jellyfin_10.8.8_arm64.tar.gz
or armhf/ arm 32bit
https://repo.jellyfin.org/archive/server/linux/stable/10.8.8/combined/jellyfin_10.8.8_armhf.tar.gz