Hi, If I download a new package like Lame and install it, it goes into the /usr/bin folder but when I reboot the server its no longer there. How do I get packages I have installed to stay installed after a reboot? I thought it might be a simple case of copying them to the /boot/packages folder as I thought they might be installed automatically from there when the server started but that didnt work.

 

Any help would be appreciated 

You might be able to do it from /boot/packages if you add ".auto_install" to the end. That is how unmenu apps are reinstalled.

 

However... I have mine /boot/extra directory instead. Should not need to add ".auto_install" in this location.

So you made a /boot/extras directory, copied all your non-standard packages into that and they get automatically installed at every reboot? Do I need to put something in the go script for this to work?

 

Thanks.

found the answer by searching the forum for 'extras'. Moved my non-standard packages to  the /boot/extras folder, just need to test.

 

Thanks! 

Mine is /boot/extra (singular) not /boot/extras (plural). Not sure if the plural version will work.

 

unRAID reads the /boot/extra directory at reboot and automatically installs any packages it finds there. You could have each package be individually installed via the "go" file if you prefer, but with /boot/extra it is not needed.

Thanks for clarifying, i've renamed the directory.