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Setup

on Linux

  • Preface

    LimboMedia is build with Java and uses Ffmpeg and ImageMagick for media handling, so you'll need these tools as requirements. Depending on your OS/Distribution you might use your package manager, compile from source or get the binaries from somewhere else. Some version notes:

    • Java: Use JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 11+, either the original Oracle or OpenJDK version.
    • ImageMagick: Use any 6+ version. The features we use exist for years.
    • Ffmpeg: Make sure you use the most up-to-date version you can get, compiled with support for any possible library/codec/format/whatever.

    LimboMedia itself is kind of "portable". Just get, unzip, run "java -jar limbomedia.jar" and visit http://localhost:8000. That's it. Simple as hell.

    To make it even easier, here's the fast-track for our favorite distribution ArchLinux and the highly popular Ubuntu.

  • Step 1

    Requirements

    ArchLinux

    pacman -S unzip wget jre11-openjdk-headless ffmpeg imagemagick

    Ubuntu

    sudo apt-get install wget unzip default-jre-headless ffmpeg imagemagick

  • Step 2

    LimboMedia itself (Get, unpack, run)

    ArchLinux

    wget https://limbomedia.net/res/dist/limbomedia-2.17-bin.zip
    unzip limbomedia-2.17-bin.zip
    cd limbomedia
    java -jar limbomedia.jar

    Ubuntu

    wget https://limbomedia.net/res/dist/limbomedia-2.17-bin.zip
    unzip limbomedia-2.17-bin.zip
    cd limbomedia
    java -jar limbomedia.jar

  • Step 3

    Done

    After some seconds of startup and initialization you should point your browser to:

    http://localhost:8000 or
    https://localhost:8001 (or wherever you installed it)

    Login with username admin and password admin.

  • Additional notes

    Advanced configuration
    Visit the advanced configuration guide for custom configuration and startup options.

    FFmpeg and ImageMagick alternative setup & static builds
    If you don't want to use your package managers FFmpeg and ImageMagick, cause the packages are old or don't exist, you may use static builds or other packages. To use with LimboMedia make sure they're either in your PATH or placed in the INSTALLATION_DIR/tools/ffmpeg or INSTALLATION_DIR/tools/im directory.

    Help needed!
    We cannot test LimboMedia on every kind of operating systems or distributions out there. Basically it should run wherever there's Java, FFmpeg and ImageMagick.
    If you're running LimboMedia in an environment not mentioned above, please let us know. It'd be nice to get some feedback and maybe a detailed install-guide to put it on this page. Thanks!

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