Installing on Red Hat/ Fedora
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This installation option applies to Red Hat Linux, including Fedora.
* First, install Java: sudo yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk
* Download the Subsonic .rpm installation package and install it: sudo yum install --nogpgcheck subsonic-x.x.rpm
Notice that the installer configures your system to start Subsonic automatically when booting.
After installing, open the Subsonic web page on http://
Transcoders
To make use of Subsonic's powerful transcoding feature, it's highly recommended to install
some third-party transcoders, available from RPM Fusion:
* If necessary, configure yum to use the RPM Fusion repository.
* From the command line: sudo yum install lame flac faad2 vorbis-tools ffmpeg
Advanced configuration
To change the port number, Java memory settings or other startup parameters,
edit the SUBSONIC_ARGS variable in /etc/sysconfig/
To restart Subsonic, do sudo service subsonic restart
Troubleshooting
Check the logs in /var/subsonic.