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Chapter 3: Install Firmware
Install from Linux
The Linux version is optimized for
Ubuntu
distribution version 8 and 9. You can
still try installation on other Linux distributions (for evaluation purpose only).
Install and Run Synology Assistant
You can install and run Synology Assistant using the command lines or the GUI.
If you want to install using the command lines:
Run the script
install.sh
in the
Linux
folder of the installation CD, which will guide
you through the steps below.
Remove the beta version of Synology Assistant (if any).
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sudo rm -rf /usr/local/Synology /usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant
Extract
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SynologyAssistant-2.2-[number].tar.gz
to the directory you want, such
as
“/usr/local”
or
“.”
tar -C ./ -zxvf SynologyAssistant-2.2-[number].tar.gz
If you are using
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64bit
Ubuntu, install the 32bit libraries.
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Create the shortcut to
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“/usr/local/bin”
.
sudo ln -sf /path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant \
/usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant
To run Synology Assistant, you can either use the following command:
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/path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant
Or run the shortcut:
/usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant
If
“/usr/local/bin”
exists in your environment variable
$PATH
, just type:
SynologyAssistant
