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Here's what I did on ubuntu 12.10 minimal install using mini.iso. The only option I chose during install was secure shell server.

Install add-apt-repository to make ppa's easier

Code:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Install Java 7

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Install all other packages needed to compile xbmc

Code:

sudo apt-get -y install git-core build-essential gawk pmount libtool nasm yasm automake cmake gperf zip unzip bison libsdl-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libfribidi-dev liblzo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libasound2-dev python-sqlite libglew-dev curl libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libmad0-dev libogg-dev libvorbisenc2 libsmbclient-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpcre3-dev libdbus-1-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libjasper-dev libfontconfig-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libenca-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libpulse-dev mesa-utils libcdio-dev libsamplerate-dev libmpeg3-dev libflac-dev libiso9660-dev libass-dev libssl-dev fp-compiler gdc libmpeg2-4-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libmodplug-dev libssh-dev gettext cvs python-dev libyajl-dev libboost-thread-dev libplist-dev libusb-dev libudev-dev libtinyxml-dev libcap-dev autopoint libltdl-dev swig libgtk2.0-bin doxygen libtag1-dev

Ubuntu 12.10 taglib didn't give me any problems so no need to compile it.

Clone the XBMC GIT repository and build everything

Code:

git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
cd ./xbmc/xbmc
wget http://bootleg.sksapps.com/files/xbmc-server/make_xbmc-server
wget http://bootleg.sksapps.com/files/xbmc-server/xbmc-server.cpp
cd ..
./bootstrap

./configure  --enable-shared-lib  --disable-debug --disable-vdpau  --disable-vaapi --disable-crystalhd  --disable-vdadecoder  --disable-vtbdecoder  --disable-openmax  --disable-joystick --disable-xrandr  --disable-rsxs  --disable-projectm --disable-rtmp  --disable-airplay --disable-airtunes --disable-dvdcss --disable-optical-drive  --disable-libbluray --disable-libusb  --disable-libcec  --disable-libmp3lame  --disable-libcap

make -j2
sudo cp libxbmc.so /lib
sudo ldconfig
cd ./xbmc
make -f make_xbmc-server all

Install everything into /opt/xbmc-server.

Code:

sudo mkdir /opt/xbmc-server
sudo cp xbmc-server /opt/xbmc-server
cd ..
sudo cp -R addons /opt/xbmc-server/
sudo cp -R language /opt/xbmc-server/
sudo cp -R media /opt/xbmc-server/
sudo cp -R sounds /opt/xbmc-server/
sudo cp -R system /opt/xbmc-server/
sudo cp -R userdata /opt/xbmc-server/

Download the init script, make it executable, and run on boot.

Code:

cd /etc/init.d
sudo wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20980813/xbmc-server
sudo chmod 744 xbmc-server
sudo update-rc.d xbmc-server defaults

Now start xbmc-server to get our /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data created.

Code:

sudo service xbmc-server start

Count to 10 and then stop

Code:

sudo service xbmc-server stop

Enable the web gui, change the port, set password

Code:

sudo sed -i -e 's~false</webserver>~true</webserver>~g' /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/guisettings.xml

sudo sed -i -e 's~80</webserverport>~8585</webserverport>~g' /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/guisettings.xml

sudo sed -i -e 's~></webserverpassword>~>password</webserverpassword>~g' /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/guisettings.xml

Enable scan on startup if you want

Code:

sudo sed -i -e ':a;N;$!ba;s~false</updateonstartup>\n    </musiclibrary>~true</updateonstartup>\n    </musiclibrary>~g' /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/guisettings.xml

sudo sed -i -e ':a;N;$!ba;s~false</updateonstartup>\n    </videolibrary>~true</updateonstartup>\n    </videolibrary>~g' /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/guisettings.xml

Now edit /opt/xbmc-server/portable_data/userdata/advancedsettings.xml to add backgroundupdate to your libraries and configure the mysql database settings.

Use the name tag to create a new database otherwise omit it. Name must be unique to music and video or you'll have strange issues. I found this out the hard way.

See here for more info.

Code:

<advancedsettings>
  
  <videolibrary>
    <backgroundupdate>true</backgroundupdate>
  </videolibrary>
  
  <musiclibrary>
    <backgroundupdate>true</backgroundupdate>
  </musiclibrary>
  
  <videodatabase>
    <type>mysql</type>
    <host>localhost</host>
    <port>3306</port>
    <user>xbmc</user>
    <pass>xbmc</pass>
    <name>xbmcserver_video</name>
  </videodatabase>
  
  <musicdatabase>
    <type>mysql</type>
    <host>localhost</host>
    <port>3306</port>
    <user>xbmc</user>
    <pass>xbmc</pass>
    <name>xbmcserver_music</name>
  </musicdatabase>
  
</advancedsettings>

Now start xbmc-server again

Code:

sudo service xbmc-server start

If you're starting with a fresh database you'll need to run a couple of queries to add your video sources.

Each query must increment the idPath value. strContent value is the direct path of the source or if it's remote use something like:

Code:

smb://username:password@servername/movies/

You can look at the 'path' table in an existing database to get your scraper settings if you're doing something special.

Here's what I added to my xbmcserver_video75 database.

TV Source

Code:

insert into `path` (`idPath`, `strPath`, `strContent`, `strScraper`, `strHash`, `scanRecursive`, `useFolderNames`, `strSettings`, `noUpdate`, `exclude`, `dateAdded`) values (1, '/media/whs/Recorded TV/', 'tvshows', 'metadata.tvdb.com', null, 0, false, '<settings><setting id="absolutenumber" value="false" /><setting id="dvdorder" value="false" /><setting id="fanart" value="true" /><setting id="language" value="en" /><setting id="posters" value="false" /></settings>', false, false, null);

Movie Source

Code:

insert into `path` (`idPath`, `strPath`, `strContent`, `strScraper`, `strHash`, `scanRecursive`, `useFolderNames`, `strSettings`, `noUpdate`, `exclude`, `dateAdded`) values (2, '/media/whs/Movies/', 'movies', 'metadata.themoviedb.org', null, 2147483647, true, '<settings><setting id="TrailerQ" value="No" /><setting id="fanart" value="true" /><setting id="imdbrating" value="false" /><setting id="keeporiginaltitle" value="false" /><setting id="language" value="en" /><setting id="trailer" value="true" /></settings>', false, false, null);

You also need to add a source record to the xbmcserver_music32 database. Here's what mine looks like

Code:

insert into `path` (`idPath`, `strPath`, `strHash`) values (1, '/media/whs/Music/', null)

Finally issue the library update commands to start scanning

Code:

curl -s -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"VideoLibrary.Scan","id":1}' -H 'content-type: application/json;' http://127.0.0.1:8585/jsonrpc?VideoLibrary.Scan

curl -s -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"AudioLibrary.Scan","id":1}' -H 'content-type: application/json;' http://127.0.0.1:8585/jsonrpc?AudioLibrary.Scan