MediaTomb UPnP Media Server on Ubuntu 11.04/Ubuntu 11.10/Linux Mint

Installation of Media Tomb UPnP Media Server on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Linux Mint

Media Tomb is Media Server with a nice web user interface, it allows user to stream digital media through home network, listen/watch on variety of UPnP compatible devices. You can install Media Tomb using vanvugt ppa.

To install Media Tomb open Terminal (press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal -or- press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vanvugt/mediatomb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mediatomb

When installation finish, Now you need to enable user interface, to do this you need to edit the config file. Enter the following command in the terminal:

Terminal Command:
sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

Now search the following line in the file:

<ui enabled="no" show-tooltips="yes">

Change the 1st "no" with "yes":

<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">

Now Save file and close, Restart MediaTomb with the following command:

Terminal Command:
sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb restart

That's it
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