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Debian

caution
  • Only for amd64 architecture.
  • You cannot load a backup from another installation method after installation without losing progress. Use the Docker installation if you plan to switch drives or OS.

For Debian-based systems, you can activate the official Audiobookshelf repository and install the Debian package.

Installation​

Activate the repository:

sudo apt install gnupg curl
wget -O- https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/KEY.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/adb-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo curl -s -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/audiobookshelf.list https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/audiobookshelf.list

Install Audiobookshelf:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install audiobookshelf

Configuration​

The Audiobookshelf service will use the config file located at /etc/default/audiobookshelf.
The default configuration is as follows:

METADATA_PATH=/usr/share/audiobookshelf/metadata
CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/audiobookshelf/config
FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
FFPROBE_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffprobe
PORT=13378

If you update the configuration, restart the service by running:

sudo systemctl restart audiobookshelf.service