Install slskd on Ubuntu
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 10:35 pm
Download the binary from the slskd clients
https://github.com/slskd/slskd/releases
Unzip the contents in a folder. Make sure the permission of the slskd binary is executable.
chmod u+x slskd
open the firewall ports before starting up slskd for the first time.
ufw allow 5030
ufw allow 5031
startup slskd and it will create a folder in your user home directory and a config file.
/root/.local/share/slskd/slskd.yml
You should now be able to access the web UI
https://github.com/slskd/slskd/releases
Unzip the contents in a folder. Make sure the permission of the slskd binary is executable.
chmod u+x slskd
open the firewall ports before starting up slskd for the first time.
ufw allow 5030
ufw allow 5031
startup slskd and it will create a folder in your user home directory and a config file.
/root/.local/share/slskd/slskd.yml
You should now be able to access the web UI