Roon Server installation on to ReadyNAS 524X

Took a ReadyNAS Pro and got Roon installed and playing using the following steps:

  1. Verify that the ReadyNAS is running version 6.9.5 If not, then update to that version.
  2. Download RoonServer Linux installer from Roon.
  3. Copy installer to a data location on the ReadyNAS
  4. SSH in to ReadyNAS as root
  5. apt-get install bzip2
  6. apt-get install ffmpeg
  7. Change directory to where the Roon installer is located (in Step 2)
  8. ./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
  9. Answer Y to the question. This will download and run the actual install files
  10. RoonServer Should install and you should see this screen:


9. Start Roon on a client, enter your username/password and setup Roon as normal