Installing Rivendell

RHEL/CentOS

Rivendell can be installed onto a RHEL/CentOS system using an installer script. This is now the preferred option when installing new machines. There are two sets of instructions depending on the version of RHEL/CentOS that you are using.

• For RHEL/CentOS 6 (32 bit and 64 bit) go here.
• For RHEL/CentOS 7 (64 bit only) go here.

Ubuntu Xenial (16.04)

Rivendell can be compiled / installed onto a Ubuntu machine. The instructions to do so can be found here.

Debian 8 (Jessie)

Rivendell can be compiled / installed onto a Debian 8 (Jessie) machine. Just follow these instructions.

Debian 9 (Stretch)

This page quickly relates how to install rivendell 3 (beta00) on Debian9.

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Old outdated things

All information below is out of date and needs to be updated (22nd Feb 2018)

Debian

Rivendell on Debian 6 (Squeeze). This is intended as a beginners guide that will walk you through getting Rivendell, JACK and Pulse Audio working with Debian 6. It is screen shot and explanation heavy.

Debian packages are available from the repository at debian.tryphon.org. Detailed instructions to Install under Debian.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu packages are available from the repository at debian.tryphon.org. Detailed instructions are available here.

The easiest way to install Rivendell using Ubuntu is to use the RRAbuntu Live CD installer. You can also test it out without installing the software.

A complete guide for installing Rivendell on Ubuntu 11.04 can be found here.

Other linux distros

You can install Rivendell by compiling from source for other linux distros. Source code is available with instructions in a tarball or zip file on the main Rivendell website in the download section.

Downloading Rivendell Source from CVS

See Downloading Rivendell Source from CVS

Compiling Rivendell from Source

See Compiling Rivendell from Source

Duplicating an installed machine for rollout

See Duplicating an installed machine for rollout (.deb/dpkg based distros like Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint)