How to install on a mac? Please advice.

[furballfurball]

I'm trying to setup subsonic on a mac using the standalone version (I tried the windows version on a windows machine and it worked fine) but I'm stuck. I learned that the application needs to be placed in the applications directory since there is no var on this machine. Now I apparently need to edit the .sh file to tell where the application is located. This is where I'm lost. I can edit the file but i'm not sure what the path should look like to the application and to the java directory. Hope someone has subsonic working on a mac with the standalone version and can help me out. Thanks!

[Ikyo]

Are you still needing help with this?

[volcs0]

Install on mac. These instructions use sudo, so be careful. I assume no responsibility if you erase your hard drive or do anything else damaging.

1. Download standalone version from here:

http://subsonic.sourceforge.net/download.php

If you are in Leopard, it should have downloaded to your "Downloads" folder. If you are in a previous version of Mac OS X, it is probably on your desktop.

The name of the file is something like:

subsonic-3.6-standalone.tar.gz

If the file has not been expanded automatically, double-click on it, until it expands. When expanded, you should just see a folder called, "subsonic-3.6-standalone". Rename the folder to just "subsonic".

Take note of where the folder is (Downloads vs. Desktop vs. somewhere else)

2. Open up a terminal window. The program, "Terminal" is in your /Applications/Utilities folder.
You should see a grey/white terminal window.

At the prompt (probably a $), type the following:

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sudo cp -R ~/Downloads/subsonic /var/

and hit return. That's a tilde - not a minus sign. If your subsonic folder is not in Downloads (on the Desktop for instance), be sure to replace "Downloads" with the name of the current location. Enter your password when asked. There should be a pause, and then you will have your prompt back. If you get an error, you did something wrong. Go back and troubleshoot.

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cd /var
ls

and you should see a directory listing, including your newly copied subsonic folder.

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sudo chmod 777 subsonic

This will change the persmissions on the subsonic folder for you.

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cd subsonic
./subsonic.sh

Subsonic should now launch.
After a few seconds, open a browser window and type:

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http://localhost:8080

and follow the on-screen directions.

If you want to access your music from another computer in your house, just type in the IP address of your server computer with the 8080. Eg. 192.168.1.110:8080. If you want to access your music from outside your home network, you will need to either know your public IP or register your IP at dyndns.org. You will also have to forward port 8080 to that computer. This sounds more complicated that it is.

Good luck. Post back if you have questions.

[mau]

Hello!

Well, I follow these instructions but when I type http://localhost:8080 on my browser... it just shows a blank page!

Could you help me? Any idea?

Thanks a lot from Galiza(Spanish State)

[Ikyo]

Are you on the machine running Subsonic?

[mau]

Yes, I am on the same machine!!

Thanks for your help!

[Ikyo]

Do a PS AUXWW | grep subsonic

See if it shows subsonic running.

[mau]

Hi again!

Thanks for your response! Finally the problem was I was trying to run startup.sh without "sudo"... That's my "horrible" problem.

Now i can log in, and it seems pretty good! It is coming new challenges: open ports, etc... Then i offer myself for translating Subsonic to my language, sure. I'd really like it.

Cheers, and thanks for your patience... See yah on the stream

[sindre_mehus]

Please notice that a Mac installer for Subsonic is now available.

Read more here: http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8999