Installing Netatalk on Ubuntu

Install Netatalk

netatalk is distributed as a package in Ubuntu. You can use apt to install it.

Ex. (with root privileges)

apt install netatalk

For building and installing from source yourself, for instance to get a newer version, follow the guides linked here.

• Installation Quick Start
• Compile Netatalk from Source

Enabling and Starting

The systemd unit file is /lib/systemd/system/netatalk.service. You must run Avahi ahead of Netatalk, if not started on boot by default.

$ sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon
$ sudo systemctl enable netatalk
$ sudo systemctl start avahi-daemon
$ sudo systemctl start netatalk