Roon installation failure on Ubuntu Mate 24.04.1 (ref#U5PV63)

[Maxwell_Hunt]

What’s happening?

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Describe the issue

Installation failure on Ubuntu Mate 24.04.1

Describe your network setup

Lenovo P360 running Ubuntu Mate 24.04.1 with 128GB Ram connected to ASUS RT-AX88U router

[BlackJack]

What is the exact error? Can you copy the console output or screenshot here please?

Did you try the solution from:

Help installing Roon Server on clean ubuntu 24.04

Hi @Quadman, Roon’s 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 t…

If you do, does it resolve your issue?

[Maxwell_Hunt]

sudo ./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh: 1: cannot open html: No such file
./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh: 2: Syntax error: redirection unexpected

[Andreas_Philipp1]

@Maxwell_Hunt, please note that Roon’s Linux installation instructions are wrong. You must download the installer using this command which includes the -L option, as explained in the thread referenced by @BlackJack:

curl -O -L https://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh

Once correctly downloaded, you can then follow the next steps as indicated by Roon’s instructions.

<Rant>
This is now the second case I know of in so many weeks, in which new users are confronted with this problem, which has been brought to Roon’s attention many months ago. It is unbelievable that this should still not have been corrected by Roon staff…
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[Maxwell_Hunt]

Followed your advice and managed a successful install on my Ubuntu Mate 24.04.1 OS
I can access the Roon Server on my iPhone but I find the small print and the cramped desktop very frustrating
I installed Community Remote which is now running but I have yet to work out how to access the Roon Server
I also tried to get my Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 to connect to the Roon Server but it fails to see the server
I see I’m not the only one having this problem
Any suggestions
The struggle continues…

[noris]

Hello @Maxwell_Hunt ,

Glad to hear that you’ve been able to install Roon using the -L option!

@Andreas_Philipp1

ou must download the installer using this command which includes the -L option

Thank you for letting us know, this has been corrected in the documentation.

@Maxwell_Hunt

I installed Community Remote which is now running but I have yet to work out how to access the Roon Server
I also tried to get my Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 to connect to the Roon Server but it fails to see the server

This sounds like the Ubuntu firewall could be blocking Roon from properly showing up on the network. I can’t comment on specific settings to use for the Ubuntu firewall, but the following articles may help:

uncomplicated firewall (ufw)

Please help with firewall settings on Ubuntu

I might enable firewall on my Ubuntu desktop where my Roon server is installed. The instructions for Linux install mention firewall settings. But they are referred to a somewhat cryptic for me post: Can anyone please post the commands that would enable broadcast rules in Ubuntu’s firewall? I think I know how to open ports but I don’t know what to do with the broadcast/multicast rules. I think Ubuntu uses some “simple firewall” by default, not iptables.

Updated UFW configuration (actual state: Roon 1.8, Build 952)

Guys, I have searched through several cluttered posts of how to configure UFW (I use Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS) to work reliable. Also, it seems that recent updates of Roon require some additional ports to be opened, which are not listed in most of the current available instructions (I currently run Roon 1.8, Build 952). I share with you my configuration that works very well. First of all, I would like to mention that I work with application profiles for UFW. This seems to me to be a much cleane…

[Maxwell_Hunt]

Thanks for your helpful advice Noris
Currently not using a firewall in OS or router