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Linux

Alpine Linux​

Jellyfin can be found in the community repository as jellyfin and jellyfin-web.

To enable the web UI after installing jellyfin-web, make sure to remove the --nowebclient option from /etc/conf.d/jellyfin.

Arch Linux​

Jellyfin can be found in the AUR as jellyfin, jellyfin-bin and jellyfin-git.

Fedora​

Fedora builds in RPM package format are available here for now but an official Fedora repository is coming soon.

  1. You will need to enable rpmfusion as ffmpeg is a dependency of the jellyfin server package

    sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
    note

    You do not need to manually install ffmpeg, it will be installed by the jellyfin server package as a dependency

  2. Install the jellyfin server

    sudo dnf install (link to version jellyfin server you want to install)

  3. Install the jellyfin web interface

    sudo dnf install (link to web RPM you want to install)

  4. Enable jellyfin service with systemd

    sudo systemctl start jellyfin
    sudo systemctl enable jellyfin

  5. Open jellyfin service with firewalld

    sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=jellyfin
    note

    This will open the following ports 8096 TCP used by default for HTTP traffic, you can change this in the dashboard 8920 TCP used by default for HTTPS traffic, you can change this in the dashboard 1900 UDP used for service auto-discovery, this is not configurable 7359 UDP used for auto-discovery, this is not configurable

  6. Reboot your machine

    sudo systemctl reboot

  7. Go to localhost:8096 or ip-address-of-jellyfin-server:8096 to finish setup in the web UI

CentOS​

CentOS/RHEL 7 builds in RPM package format are available here and an official CentOS/RHEL repository is planned for the future.

The default CentOS/RHEL repositories don't provide FFmpeg, which the RPM requires. You will need to add a third-party repository which provide FFmpeg, such as RPM Fusion's Free repository.

You can also build Jellyfin's version on your own. This includes gathering the dependencies and compiling and installing them. Instructions can be found at the FFmpeg wiki.

Debian​

Repository​

The Jellyfin team provides a Debian repository for installation on Debian Buster, Bullseye and Bookworm. Supported architectures are amd64, arm64, and armhf.

note

Microsoft does not provide a .NET for 32-bit x86 Linux systems, and hence Jellyfin is not supported on the i386 architecture.

We provide an installer script to easily configure the Jellyfin APT repository. All you need to do is run this command on your system:

curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash

If you do not have curl installed, you can try wget instead:

wget -O- https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash

If you don't trust the script or want to do everything manually, the full steps are as follows:

  1. Install curl and gnupg if you haven't already:

    sudo apt install curl gnupg

  2. Download the GPG signing key (signed by the Jellyfin Team):

    sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
    curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg

  3. Add a repository configuration at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources:

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources
    Types: deb
    URIs: https://repo.jellyfin.org/$( awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )
    Suites: $( awk -F'=' '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )
    Components: main
    Architectures: $( dpkg --print-architecture )
    Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg
    EOF
    note

    Supported releases are buster, bullseye and bookworm.

  4. Update APT repositories:

    sudo apt update

  5. Install Jellyfin:

    sudo apt install jellyfin

  6. Manage the Jellyfin system service:

    sudo systemctl {action} jellyfin

Packages​

Raw Debian packages, including old versions, are available here.

note

The repository is the preferred way to obtain Jellyfin on Debian, as it contains several dependencies as well.

  1. Download the desired jellyfin and jellyfin-ffmpeg .deb packages from the repository.

  2. Install the downloaded .deb packages:

    sudo dpkg -i jellyfin_*.deb jellyfin-ffmpeg_*.deb

  3. Use apt to install any missing dependencies:

    sudo apt -f install

  4. Manage the Jellyfin system service:

    sudo systemctl {action} jellyfin

Ubuntu​

Migrating to the new repository​

Previous versions of Jellyfin included Ubuntu under the Debian repository. This has now been split out into its own repository to better handle the separate binary packages. If you encounter errors about the ubuntu release not being found and you previously configured an ubuntu jellyfin.list file, please follow these steps.

  1. Remove the old /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.list file:

    sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.list

  2. Proceed with the following section as written.

Ubuntu Repository​

The Jellyfin team provides an Ubuntu repository for installation on Ubuntu Bionic, Focal, Impish, and Jammy. Supported architectures are amd64, arm64, and armhf.

note

Microsoft does not provide a .NET for 32-bit x86 Linux systems, and hence Jellyfin is not supported on the i386 architecture.

We provide an installer script to easily configure the Jellyfin APT repository. All you need to do is run this command on your system:

curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash

If you do not have curl installed, you can try wget instead:

wget -O- https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash

If you don't trust the script or want to do everything manually, the full steps are as follows:

  1. Install curl and gnupg if you haven't already:

    sudo apt install curl gnupg

  2. Enable the Universe repository to obtain all the FFMpeg dependencies:

    sudo add-apt-repository universe
    note

    If the above command fails you will need to install the following package software-properties-common. This can be achieved with the following command sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

  3. Download the GPG signing key (signed by the Jellyfin Team):

    sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
    curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg

  4. Add a repository configuration at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources:

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources
    Types: deb
    URIs: https://repo.jellyfin.org/$( awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )
    Suites: $( awk -F'=' '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )
    Components: main
    Architectures: $( dpkg --print-architecture )
    Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg
    EOF
    note

    Supported releases are bionic, focal, impish, and jammy.

  5. Update APT repositories:

    sudo apt update

  6. Install Jellyfin:

    sudo apt install jellyfin

  7. Manage the Jellyfin system service:

    sudo systemctl {action} jellyfin

Ubuntu Packages​

Raw Ubuntu packages, including old versions, are available here.

note

The repository is the preferred way to install Jellyfin on Ubuntu, as it contains several dependencies as well.

  1. Enable the Universe repository to obtain all the FFMpeg dependencies, and update repositories:

    sudo add-apt-repository universe
    sudo apt update

  2. Download the desired jellyfin and jellyfin-ffmpeg .deb packages from the repository.

  3. Install the required dependencies:

    sudo apt install at libsqlite3-0 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libssl1.0.0

  4. Install the downloaded .deb packages:

    sudo dpkg -i jellyfin_*.deb jellyfin-ffmpeg_*.deb

  5. Use apt to install any missing dependencies:

    sudo apt -f install

  6. Manage the Jellyfin system service:

    sudo systemctl {action} jellyfin

Gentoo​

The Gentoo ebuild repositoy includes the Jellyfin package which can be installed like other software:

emerge www-apps/jellyfin

Linux (generic amd64)​

Generic amd64, arm64, and armhf Linux builds in TAR archive format are available here.

Base Installation Process​

Create a directory in /opt for jellyfin and its files, and enter that directory.

sudo mkdir /opt/jellyfin
cd /opt/jellyfin

Download the latest generic Linux build for your architecture. The rest of these instructions assume version 10.8.9 is being installed (i.e. jellyfin_10.8.9_amd64.tar.gz). Download the generic build, then extract the archive:

sudo wget https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/linux/stable/combined/jellyfin_10.8.9_amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf jellyfin_10.8.9_amd64.tar.gz

Create a symbolic link to the Jellyfin 10.8.9 directory. This allows an upgrade by repeating the above steps and enabling it by simply re-creating the symbolic link to the new version.

sudo ln -s jellyfin_10.8.9 jellyfin

Create four sub-directories for Jellyfin data.

sudo mkdir data cache config log

FFmpeg Installation​

If you are not running a Debian derivative, install ffmpeg through your OS's package manager, and skip this section.

caution

Not being able to use jellyfin-ffmpeg will most likely break hardware acceleration and tonemapping.

If you are running Debian or a derivative, you should download and install a ffmpeg release built specifically for Jellyfin. Be sure to download the latest release that matches your OS (5.1.3-2 for Debian Bookworm assumed below).

sudo wget https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/debian/versions/jellyfin-ffmpeg/5.1.3-2/jellyfin-ffmpeg5_5.1.3-2-bookworm_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --install jellyfin-ffmpeg5_5.1.3-2-bookworm_amd64.deb

If you run into any dependency errors, run this and it will install them and jellyfin-ffmpeg.

sudo apt install -f

Running Jellyfin​

Due to the number of command line options that must be passed on to the Jellyfin binary, it is easiest to create a small script to run Jellyfin.

sudo nano jellyfin.sh

Then paste the following commands and modify as needed.

#!/bin/bash
JELLYFINDIR="/opt/jellyfin"
FFMPEGDIR="/usr/share/jellyfin-ffmpeg"

$JELLYFINDIR/jellyfin/jellyfin \
 -d $JELLYFINDIR/data \
 -C $JELLYFINDIR/cache \
 -c $JELLYFINDIR/config \
 -l $JELLYFINDIR/log \
 --ffmpeg $FFMPEGDIR/ffmpeg

Assuming you desire Jellyfin to run as a non-root user, chmod all files and directories to your normal login user and group. Also make the startup script above executable.

sudo chown -R user:group *
sudo chmod u+x jellyfin.sh

Finally you can run it. You will see lots of log information when run, this is normal. Setup is as usual in the web browser.

./jellyfin.sh

Starting Jellyfin on boot (optional)​

Create a systemd unit file.

cd /etc/systemd/system
sudo nano jellyfin.service

Then paste the following contents, replacing youruser with your username.

[Unit]
Description=Jellyfin
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=youruser
Restart=always
ExecStart=/opt/jellyfin/jellyfin.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Apply the correct permissions to the file, enable the service to start on boot, then start it.

sudo chmod 644 jellyfin.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable jellyfin.service
sudo systemctl start jellyfin.service

Portable DLL​

Platform-agnostic .NET Core DLL builds in TAR archive format are available here. These builds use the binary jellyfin.dll and must be loaded with dotnet.