Manual Repo Setup: Zypper

openSUSE / SLE

This guide explains how to configure the Emby RPM repository manually for Zypper-based systems (without using get.sh).

Prerequisites

You need:

  • zypper
  • curl
  • ca-certificates

Channels

Emby publishes two RPM channels:

  • stable (repo alias in the helper script: Emby)
  • beta (repo alias in the helper script: EmbyBeta)

You should configure exactly one of them.

Stable channel

1) Install the repository file

Download the repo definition to:

  • /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby.repo
sudo curl -fsSL https://pkg.emby.media/rpm/emby.repo -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby.repo

2) Refresh repositories and import keys

sudo zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys ref

Beta channel

1) Install the repository file

Download the repo definition to:

  • /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby-beta.repo
sudo curl -fsSL https://pkg.emby.media/rpm/emby-beta.repo -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby-beta.repo

2) Refresh repositories and import keys

sudo zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys ref

Verify repository configuration

List repositories:

zypper lr -u

Search for packages:

zypper se -s emby

Show package info:

zypper info emby-server

Show available versions (repo-specific search output):

zypper se -s emby-server

Install / upgrade / uninstall examples

Install server:

sudo zypper -n in emby-server

Upgrade system packages:

sudo zypper -n up

Uninstall:

sudo zypper -n rm emby-server

Notes about AppStream / Software Center integration

The Zypper helper script used by get.sh installs additional packages to improve AppStream and Software Center integration on openSUSE (e.g., PackageKit, AppStream cache tools) and refreshes caches.

For a minimal manual repo setup, the steps in this document are enough to install packages via zypper. If you want Software Center/Discover integration, you may also need to install AppStream/PackageKit components and refresh caches (distribution-specific).

Remove the repository

Stable:

sudo rm -f /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby.repo
sudo zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys ref || true

Beta:

sudo rm -f /etc/zypp/repos.d/emby-beta.repo
sudo zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys ref || true