File Browser - DEB/RPM Packaging Fork

This project is a fork of the filebrowser/filebrowser project.

It provides standards-compliant installation packages for Debian (.deb) and Fedora (.rpm) Linux systems on AArch64, RISC-V64, and AMD64 architectures.

⚠️ Only tested on Debian 13 (AArch64) ⚠️

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Usage

1. Start the service:

   sudo systemctl start filebrowser.service

2. Note: Retrieve the randomly generated administrator password created during the first service startup:

   journalctl -u filebrowser.service -b --no-pager -o cat --grep="initialized with randomly generated password" | tail -n1 | awk -F'password: ' '{print "initializ password:" $2}'

3. Access the Web interface:

   • Default address: http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:59230
   • Log in using the admin username and the password shown in the logs.

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Uninstallation

Standard Uninstall

Removes the application binary.

Debian:

sudo apt remove filebrowser

Full Uninstall

Removes the application binary, /etc/filebrowser.db, /etc/filebrowser.json, /etc/filebrowser/ (if empty), and the filebrowser system user and group.

Debian:

sudo apt purge filebrowser

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Other Default Attributes

Attribute	Description
User & Group	filebrowser:filebrowser
Root Directory	/mnt/filebrowser/ (775)
Configuration	/etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.json
Database File	/etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.db