Installing ErsatzTV

Create a directory for the application. I’m creating a folder in my .config directory inside my home directory.

mkdir -p ~/.config/ersatztv

Grab the latest release url from github, https://github.com/jasongdove/ErsatzTV/releases. The version available at the moment is v0.0.42-prealpha, so i’m using the download link from that release.

wget https://github.com/jasongdove/ErsatzTV/releases/download/v0.0.42-prealpha/ErsatzTV-v0.0.42-prealpha-linux-x64.tar.gz

Extract the content to the directory you created above. Change this if the version has changed to the correct filename, or if you have specified a different path.

tar -xf ErsatzTV-v0.0.42-prealpha-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/.config/ersatztv --strip 1

Auto starting ErsatzTV

Using systemd we will create a service file to run on start.

Create the systemd file first

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ersatztv.service

Now paste the below, changing the user field to your username.

[Unit]
Description=ErsatzTV Service

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/user/.config/ersatztv/ErsatzTV
Restart=on-abort
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/.config/ersatztv

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable ersatztv.service

Start the service

sudo systemctl start ersatztv.service

First run

Browse to http://serverip:8409 to access it.