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Running Mediatomb in Ubuntu with JS Support
Since Ubuntu Karmic 9.10, Mediatomb comes compiled without JavaScript support in the Ubuntu repositories. This is annoying as it removes one of the most powerful tools in Mediatomb, in that you can script how your media is imported via JavaScript functions. This is because of the reliance Mediatomb has on the “libmozjs” package which has, since 9.10, been removed from Ubuntu. It has been raised in Launchpad as a bug and discussed, but without a fix being officially published. Having given up waiting (now 3 releases, 12 months…!) for a fix, I decided to set about a solution myself.