SOLVED: Failed to start Jellyfin Media S…ver.

[TheDreadPirate]

This is not what I asked for. Run EXACTLY these commands.

Code:

sudo apt update
sudo apt list --installed | grep jellyfin

[theguymadmax]

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but when i do jellyfin permissions in term it still says

dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'jellyfin-web*.deb': No such file or directory

even after reinstalling it how you said

The first step i said was to navigate to the directory you downloaded the file.

That's probably in your in downloads folder, if so the commands would be:

Code:

cd Downloads
sudo systemctl stop jellyfin
sudo dpkg -i jellyfin-web*.deb
sudo systemctl start jellyfin

[Samantha Adamovic]

here the out put. i also tried the stop, web, start thing the first two work.  the start command didnt (forgot to screen shot)

[TheDreadPirate]

Let's purge and start fresh.

Code:

sudo apt purge jellyfin*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/jellyfin /etc/jellyfin /var/cache/jellyfin /usr/share/jellyfin
sudo rm -f /etc/default/jellyfin /usr/lib/systemd/system/jellyfin.service
sudo apt install jellyfin jellyfin-web jellyfin-server jellyfin-ffmpeg

[Samantha Adamovic]

i just want to confirm that this is how its should be before continuing

[TheDreadPirate]

Those "rm" commands won't print anything to the terminal. But the purge output looks off. It should have removed more.

Code:

sudo apt purge jellyfin-web jellyfin-server jellyfin-ffmpeg

Then proceed with the reinstall.

[Samantha Adamovic]

here out put do i need do something else or just sudo apt install jellyfin jellyfin-web jellyfin-server jellyfin-ffmpeg

[TheDreadPirate]

Ah. You have multiple old jellyfin-ffmpeg versions. I got the impression that this was your first time installing Jellyfin. Is that not the case?

Code:

sudo apt purge jellyfin-ffmpeg5
sudo apt purge jellyfin-ffmpeg6
sudo apt purge jellyfin-ffmpeg7

[Samantha Adamovic]

no it is ive just been told to delete it before. the greyed out part is my password i type it on accident

[TheDreadPirate]

Much better. NOW try installing Jellyfin.