Install Minimserver 2.2 on NUC Linux

[simoncn]

In the installation instructions, <minim-home> is a placeholder for any directory name that you want to use to install MinimServer. You should not type it "as is."

To keep things as simple as possible, I suggest you install MinimServer in your home directory. To do this, open a terminal window and type the following commands exactly as shown:

tar xf Downloads/MinimServer-2.2-linux-intel.tar.gz
minimserver/bin/setup

When asked when you want to enable desktop integration and automatic startup, reply y to both (if you always want MinimServer to be running when the NUC is running).

Now install the GNOME shell extension TopIconsFix from the website https://extensions.gnome.org. For Ubuntu 20.04.6 you need Shell version 3.38 and Extension version 10. You need this installed to enable MinimServer to show an icon in the menu bar (see below).

Now click the Applications icon at the bottom left of the desktop screen and select the All tab. You should see a MinimServer icon. Click this icon to start MinimServer for the first time. MinimServer will prompt you to select a content directory (where your music is located). MinimServer will scan this directory and should show a green minim icon (musical note) in the menu bar when the scan is complete.