I just did a fresh/clean install of ubuntu 24.04 and updated after install. I was trying to install roon server using the guidelines found in the knowledge base. After 24.04 updated I installed curl, ffmpeg, and cifs-utils. I then followed the script (copy and paste into terminal) found in the knowledge base.
$ curl -O https://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
$ chmod +x roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
$ sudo ./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
I get this message below. What am I doing wrong? I have used 22.04 for a couple of years with roonserver installed. Not sure whats wrong here.
Hi @Quadman,
Roonâs installation instructions for Linux are not up to date. Shame on Roon!
They moved the installer script to another domain altogether, and to download the correct version of the installer, you have to run the download command as this:
curl -O -L https://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonbridge-installer-linuxx64.sh
Explanation:
It seems Roonlabs has moved the download location for the install script from the roonlabs.com to the roonlabs.net domain, and for curl to be able to follow the permanent redirection, you have to run it with the â-Lâ option.
You are the second user Iâve seen today running into the same problem, and it would be great if Roonâs support team could be bothered to update instructions and/or download URL on their webâŚ
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So the -L command sends it to the .net website? Couldnât one just enter roonlabs.net instead of roonlabs.com?
Thank you!!
Yes, the â-Lâ makes curl follow redirects⌠it works.
curl -O https://download.roonlabs.net/builds/roonbridge-installer-linuxx64.sh
This also works, I have checked⌠But in the future, if Roonlabs decides to yet again move the installers to another domain, it might then fail. They should determine which way they wish their customers to run the download, but either decision must be followed-up by an edit of the out-of-date websiteâŚ
Thank you. I will try that later today. I got so frustrated yesterday I moved my core to a w11 machine to get music. Roon really needs to update their linux install instructions. Many people use roonserver with linux. ubuntu is now on 24.04 LTS and the knowledge base instructions mention 15.04 
Andreas, Thank you it worked Roon server is now installed on my ubuntu 24.04 LTS music PC.
To recap for other people who will encounter an issue installing Roon server on ubuntu 24.04 here are the steps I followed that worked for me:
Install Curl>> sudo apt install curl
Install ffmpeg>> sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
install mount cifs>> sudo apt-get install -y cifs-utils
I also had to install âlbzip2â to unpack roon server>> sudo apt install lbzip2
Install Roon Server>>
curl -O -L https://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
chmod +x roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
sudo ./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
