I have a Synology DS213j unit which I wish to attach to the my Ubuntu pc using Synology Assistant. I have downloaded the files from the website and unzipped them and have the following instructions which I can not understand.

The file names are:

  • SynologyAssistant-5.0-4448.tar.gz
  • install.sh
  • HowToInstallAssistant.txt - this is the one above



Please can some one help?

Instructions on how to install and run Synology Assistant:

(1) To install Synology Assistant, run the script "install.sh" which will
guide you through the following steps:

(a) Remove the Beta version if any:

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

(b) Unpack file "SynologyAssistant-5.0-XXXX.tar.gz" to the directory
you want, such as "/usr/local" or ".":

tar -C ./ -zxvf SynologyAssistant-5.0-XXXX.tar.gz

(c) Create the shortcut to /usr/local/bin:

sudo ln -sf /path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant \
/usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant

(2) To run Synology Assistant, you can either command:

/path/install/SynologyAssistant/SynologyAssistant

or run the shortcut:

/usr/local/bin/SynologyAssistant

(if "/usr/local/bin" is existed in your environment variable $PATH,
just type:
SynologyAssistant)