Evostream Linux Package Installer

EvoStream provides standard Linux installers for the EvoStream Media Server. The Linux EvoStream Media Server installer will install the following packages and software:

• EvoStream Media Server
• Apache HTTP Server

To use the Linux installers, you must follow these instructions. Please note that Steps 2 and 3 should be executed only once.

1. Prerequisites: Administrative privileges are required. This can be accomplished in many ways.

   sudo utility available:

   sudo su -

   sudo utility not available

   su -



2. Retrieve the script used to install the EvoStream software repository and store it

   Debian based Linux distributions (Ubuntu or Debian)

   wget http://apt.evostream.com/installkeys.sh -O /tmp/installkeys.sh

   RedHat based Linux distributions (CentOS, Fedora, RHEL 6)

   curl http://yum.evostream.com/installkeys.sh -o /tmp/installkeys.sh



3. Execute the script to install the EvoStream software repository

   sh /tmp/installkeys.sh

   If successful, the following message should be printed on the console:

   EvoStream keys installed successfully

   If errors occur, please report back the error message to suport@evostream.com

   At this stage, the EvoStream software repository is successfully installed and you can install packages from it. Steps 2 and 3 should be executed only once.

   The following steps are used to install the EvoStream Media Server, and can be repeated to update the EMS to the most recent release.



4. Install EvoStream Media Server. Administrator privileges are required.. (refer to step 1.1. for details)

   Debian based Linux distributions (Ubuntu or Debian)

   apt-get install evostream-mediaserver

   RedHat based Linux distributions (CentOS, Fedora, RHEL 6)

   yum install evostream-mediaserver



5. Install the license file. Still having the administrative privileges (refer to step 1.1), copy the license file into /etc/evostream

   cp /path/to/License.lic /etc/evostreamms/License.lic



6. Run the EvoStream Media Server

   Start the EvoStream Media Server

   service evostreamms start

   Stop the EvoStream Media Server

   service evostreamms stop

   Restart the EvoStream Media Server

   service evostreamms restart

   (Re)Start the EvoStream Media Server in Console Mode

   service evostreamms start_console

The EvoStream Media Server Linux Installers provide a set of installation targets. If you choose to use an install target other than the primary evostream target, please use the following diagram as a guide.

Evostream Linux Tarball archive