How to set up Flixtele on Linux
Linux is well covered here, and if you already live in a terminal nothing below will surprise you. We ship a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu plus an AppImage that runs anywhere else without installing at all. VLC — present on practically every desktop already — also plays your subscription; it simply will not show you a guide.
devicesSelect Your Device
checklistBefore you start
- A 64-bit Linux desktop — Ubuntu 20.04 or newer, or equivalent
- Your username, password and server URL from the subscription email
- Permission to install packages (sudo), unless you take the AppImage
Step-by-Step Setup
Linux Installation
Download Flixtele Player
From our Downloads page, take the .deb for Ubuntu, Debian, Mint or another Debian derivative, and the AppImage for Fedora, Arch, openSUSE or anything else. The AppImage needs neither installation nor root — handy on a machine you do not administer.
Install the Application
For the .deb, open a terminal in the download folder and run "sudo dpkg -i flixtele.deb", then "sudo apt-get install -f" to fetch anything missing. For the AppImage, make it executable — right-click > Properties > Permissions > Allow executing as program, or chmod +x — then run it directly.
Login with Your Credentials
Open the app and enter the username and password from your subscription email; activation is free. Using VLC instead, go to Media > Open Network Stream and paste your M3U URL. VLC plays everything but has no notion of an EPG — channels without a guide.
Check Hardware Decoding
On a desktop with a discrete GPU this rarely matters; on a laptop or small-board machine it matters enormously. Confirm VA-API or VDPAU acceleration is enabled in the player and the matching driver package installed, or 4K playback falls back to the CPU and stutters.
Start Streaming
Channels, guide, films and series load exactly as elsewhere. Everything runs equally well under X11 and Wayland.
Connection Formats
Supported formats for Linux
Xtream Codes API
Enter Server URL, Username & Password. The recommended method for ease of use.
M3U Playlist
Paste the M3U/M3U8 URL directly into your player. Works everywhere.
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Common problems
Fixes specific to Linux
dpkg complains about dependencies
Expected — dpkg does not resolve them on its own. Run "sudo apt-get install -f" immediately after and it fetches what is missing and finishes the install. No need to run dpkg again.
The AppImage will not start
It is almost certainly not executable yet: chmod +x the file. On some minimal installs you may also need FUSE — "sudo apt install libfuse2" on Ubuntu.
Video tears or stutters on a laptop
Hardware decoding is inactive. Install the VA-API driver for your chip — intel-media-va-driver, mesa-va-drivers or the NVIDIA equivalent — and enable acceleration in the player.
Stuck on a Step?
The support team is online 24/7 and happy to walk you through the setup on live chat.