Installation and First Run

System requirements

Requirements Details
Operating system: Linux kernel 2.6.32 or greater, libssl 1.0 or greater

Downloading packages

To install USB over Network (Linux version) Server, download product installation package corresponding to your OS and architecture:

  • For Debian-based Linux distributions (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, Mint), download .deb packages.
  • For other Linux distributions, select .tar.gz archives.

The latest program version is available at www.usb-over-network.com.

Installing from .deb Package

Simply install downloaded package with your preferred package manager or from the terminal by executing the following command: 

$ sudo apt-get install ./ftusbnet-*.deb
Alternatively, you can use dpkg: 
$ sudo dpkg -i ftusbnet-*.deb

Installing from .tar.gz archive

Unpack the archive to the /opt:

$ sudo tar -zxf ftusbnet-*.tar.gz -C /opt

Automated setup

To run the automated setup script your OS must have systemd, which most modern Linux distributions include.

Run the setup script with -i or --install option and it will do the rest: 

$ sudo /opt/ftusbnet/bin/ftusbnet-setup.sh -i

Manual setup

Alternatively, you can start the daemon manually. You must run it as a root: 

$ sudo /opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -d

or:

$ su -c "/opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -d"

To see the list of all supported options, run: 

$ /opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -h

Daemon settings initialization can be done with a configuration file. Further daemon management can be done via the graphical user interface application or command line utility.