Ubuntu 14.04 startup difficulty

Question

I installed Universal Media Server 3.6 on ubuntu 14.04 desktop. What I want to do is, to launch it during startup. How to add this into startup? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I assume you've already installed Java. If not, you can execute the following command to install the OpenJDK JRE (an open source alternative for Oracle's Java):

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

Follow the these instructions to start Universal Media Server at startup.

1. Open your Dash
2. Search for Startup Applications and open it
3. Click on Add

4. Enter the following:

   Name:    Universal Media Server
   Command: java -jar /path/to/ums.jar
   Comment: Start Universal Media Server
   

   Replace /path/to/ums.jar by the actual path to ums.jar.

5. Click on Add