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

Open Terminal and run

sudo dnf install uxplay

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

mkdir -p ~/bin

Create UxPlay script

nano ~/bin/start-uxplay.sh

In nano add 

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

Save and Exit Make it executable

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

 

Create desktop app launcher

 

Create Directory

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications

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;

Save and Exit Make launcher executable

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

Refresh application database

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

 

To Stop UxPlay simply run command in terminal

pkill uxplay