Libation/Source/LibationAvalonia

Run Libation on Ubuntu

This walkthrough should get you up and running with Libation on your Ubuntu machine.

Some limitations of the linux release are:

• Cannot customize how illegial filename characters are replaced.
• The Auto-update function is unavailable
• The "Hangover" app for debugging is not yet available.

Dependencies

Dotnet Runtime

You must install the dotnet 6.0 runtime on your machine.

First, add the Microsoft package signing key to your list of trusted keys and add the package repository.

Ubuntu 22.04

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/22.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Ubuntu 21.10

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Ubuntu 20.04

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

For other distributions, see Microsoft's instructions for installing .NET on Linux.

Then install the dotnet 6.0 runtime

sudo apt-get update; \
  sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https && \
  sudo apt-get update && \
  sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-runtime-6.0

FFMpeg (Optional)

If you want to convert your audiobooks to mp3, install FFMpeg using the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg

Install Libation

1. Download and extract the most recent linux-64 build.
2. Run Libation, either from the terminal or by double-clicking the Libation file in your desktop environment.
3. Follow the prompts to setup your installation.
4. Report bugs to https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation/issues