Synology DS213 For Mac OS X , For Linux

For Mac OS X

1 Insert the installation disc into your computer, and then double-click the SynologyInstall icon on the desktop.

2 In the window that appears, double-click the MacOSX folder, and then double-click Synology Assistant-

[number].dmg.

3 Double-cli ck the Synology Assistant.app in the window that appears.

4 Follow step 2 to 4 of the “Install from Windows” section to finish setup.

For Linux

The Linux version is optimized for Ubuntu distribution version 8 and 9. You can still try installation on other Linux

distributions (for evaluation purpose only).

If you want to install using the command lines:

Run the script install.sh in the Linux folder of the installation disc, which will guide you through the steps below.

1 Remove the beta version of Synology Assistant (if any).

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/Synology /usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant

2 E xtract SynologyAssistant-[number].tar.gz to the directory you want, such as “/usr/local” or “.”

tar -C ./ -zxvf SynologyAssistant-[number].tar.gz

3 If you are using 64bit Ubuntu, install the 32bit libraries.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

4 Create the shortcut to /usr/local/bin.

sudo ln -sf /path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant \

/usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant

5 To run Synology Assistant, you can either use the following command:

/path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant

Or run the shortcut:

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