filebot node install on ubuntu

[cyr0nk0r]

So filebot node appears very poorly documented in general, especially around how to get it going on if you don't have a synology or using docker.
Does anyone have any documentation I can read on how to get filebot node installed and useable on base ubuntu rather than inside docker?

[rednoah]

If your Ubuntu is a Ubuntu Desktop, then you will want to just use the FileBot Desktop application.


If your Ubuntu is a headless Ubuntu Server, then I strongly recommend using the FileBot Desktop application from your Desktop, mount the remote file system via SMB / NFS / SSHFS / WebDAV / etc, and then move / rename files as usual.


What is your reasoning for using FileBot Node? Cannot use the FileBot Desktop application for some reason?


If you must use FileBot Node for some reason, then docker is the easiest way to get things running, because docker takes care of everything. Do you have a reason for not using docker perhaps?


You can actually use the Dockerfile as reference on how to install FileBot Node on Ubuntu, because literally all it does is install FileBot Node on Ubuntu:

1. Download and extract the filebot-node_*.tar.xz bundle
2. Run ./start and that's it (NOTE: you might need to apt install nodejs if nodejs is not already installed)

[cyr0nk0r]

If your Ubuntu is a headless Ubuntu Server, then I strongly recommend using the FileBot Desktop application from your Desktop, mount the remote file system via SMB / NFS / SSHFS / WebDAV / etc, and then move / rename files as usual.

because windows SMB/CIFS doesn't support hardlinks/symlinks.

I ended up using your filebot-xpra docker image, but see here for other issues I've encountered with it.
Again, mostly centered around documentation. I can figure things out if the documentation were a bit more helpful.

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I've got the license activated, but had to do it manually in the gui because the documentation on passing the --license argument with a path just simply does not work for me.
in fact, so far, trying to pass anything after the "rednoah/filebot:xpra" in the docker run doesn't really seem to do anything.

[rednoah]

because windows SMB/CIFS doesn't support hardlinks/symlinks.

You can create hardlinks from Windows on a remote SMB network share. Confirmed to work on Windows 11 / Synology NAS.

AFAIK, Windows has implemented support for the SMB UNIX extensions for quite some time. So if it doesn't work, then it might just be a matter enabling the UNIX extensions on your NAS.