Missing web directory

[pluffmud]

Installed 'jellyfin-server_10.9.4+deb12_arm64.deb' on my PI4b/bookworm .
When starting the service I get 'The server is expected to host the web client, but the provided content directory is either invalid or empty: /us
r/share/jellyfin/web'

There is no 'jellyfin/web' directory anywhere on the system.

I would prefer to run with the web interfaced disabled but when doing so there seems to be no where to specify the location of my 'content'

[Fate]

add '--nowebclient' command line flag, or set'hostwebclient=false' in your config settings

You can add --nowebclient to the "ExecStart" line in /usr/lib/systemd/system/jellyfin.service (or whereever you store your sysd service files).

[pluffmud]

I understand how to start it without the web interface enabled but when I do that there is no obvious mechanism to configure the location of my music,videos etc

[pluffmud]

When I do this

dpkg --contents ./jellyfin-server_10.9.4+deb12_arm64.deb | grep web

I see nothing

[TheDreadPirate]

Because it doesn't have any web related contents.  There is a separate package, jellyfin-web, that has all the web files.

If you want to run Jellyfin without it, you need to do what Fate said and change the service file to add --nowebclient to the execstart paramemters and remove the variable for the jellyfin web path.