UxPlay

• Installing UxPlay on Linux
• Run UxPlay as a systemd service

Installing UxPlay on Linux

This guide explains how to:

• Install UxPlay on Fedora

• Create a launch script

• Create a .desktop launcher so UxPlay appears in the Apps menu

• Run UxPlay in the background without freezing the launcher

Install UxPlay and create Launch Script

1. Open Terminal and run

sudo dnf install uxplay

2. Create a folder for custom scripts. Fedora doesn’t always include a ~/bin folder by default, so create it:

mkdir -p ~/bin

3. Create UxPlay script

nano ~/bin/start-uxplay.sh

In nano add 

#!/bin/bash
nohup uxplay >/dev/null 2>&1 &

4. Save and Exit
5. Make it executable

chmod +x ~/bin/start-uxplay.sh

Create desktop app launcher

1. Create Directory

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications

2. Create a launcher

nano ~/.local/share/applications/uxplay.desktop

In nano add

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=UxPlay
Comment=Start the UxPlay AirPlay receiver
Exec=/home/YOURUSERNAME/bin/start-uxplay.sh
Icon=video-display
Terminal=false
Categories=AudioVideo;

3. Save and Exit
4. Make launcher executable

chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/uxplay.desktop

5. Refresh application database

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/

To Stop UxPlay simply run command in terminal

pkill uxplay

Run UxPlay as a systemd service

This method gives you:

• systemctl start uxplay

• systemctl stop uxplay

• systemctl restart uxplay

• Optional auto‑start on boot

• Clean background operation with no terminal needed

 

Create a systemd service file

 

1. Open Service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/uxplay.service

In Nano Paste following command editing yoursuername

[Unit]
Description=UxPlay AirPlay Receiver
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=YOURUSERNAME
ExecStart=/usr/bin/uxplay
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2. Reload systemd

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Optional: Enable auto start on boot

sudo systemctl enable uxplay

 

Systemd Commands for UxPlay

 

• Start

sudo systemctl start uxplay

• Stop

sudo systemctl stop uxplay

sudo systemctl stop uxplay