Ubuntu Trusty red5-server installation fails to start

I have installed Ubuntu Trusty latest version (updated) running as web server. I needed to installed red5-server, where I performed below steps but after successful installation when red5-server tries to start it, says FAIL!

First check package list for enabled packages in

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Then added below package:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main universe

and then updated

sudo apt-get update

Then installed red5-server;

sudo apt-get install red5-server

Below is the detailed list of results what happens

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  aspectj glassfish-activation glassfish-javaee glassfish-mail groovy ivy
  junit4 libaopalliance-java libaspectj-java libbcprov-java libc3p0-java
  libcglib-java libcommons-beanutils-java libcommons-cli-java
  libcommons-codec-java libcommons-digester-java libcommons-lang-java
  libcommons-lang3-java libcommons-modeler-java libcommons-validator-java
  libehcache-java libgeronimo-ejb-3.0-spec-java libgeronimo-jms-1.1-spec-java
  libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
  libgeronimo-validation-1.0-spec-java libhamcrest-java
  libhawtjni-runtime-java libhttpclient-java libhttpcore-java libjansi-java
  libjansi-native-java libjaudiotagger-java libjavassist-java
  libjsr107cache-java libjzlib-java liblogback-java libmina2-java
  libmockobjects-java libmx4j-java libognl-java libosgi-compendium-java
  libosgi-core-java libosgi-foundation-ee-java libquartz-java libred5-java
  librhino-java libslf4j-java libspring-aop-java libspring-beans-java
  libspring-context-java libspring-context-support-java libspring-core-java
  libspring-expression-java libspring-instrument-java libspring-jdbc-java
  libspring-oxm-java libspring-transaction-java libspring-web-java
  libstax-java libws-commons-util-java libxmlrpc3-common-java
  libxmlrpc3-server-java libxpp3-java libxstream-java
Suggested packages:
  groovy-doc libjsch-java libbcpg-java ivy-doc libaopalliance-java-doc
  libbcprov-java-doc libcommons-beanutils-java-doc
  libcommons-digester-java-doc libcommons-lang3-java-doc
  libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java-doc libgeronimo-osgi-support-java-doc
  libgeronimo-validation-1.0-spec-java-doc libjanino-java libmina-java-doc
  libgnumail-java libjetty-java libhessian-java libosgi-compendium-java-doc
  libosgi-core-java-doc libosgi-foundation-ee-java-doc libquartz-java-doc
  rhino libjamon-java jruby bsh libjasperreports-java libfreemarker-java
  velocity libgeronimo-commonj-spec-java libjboss-vfs-java libjibx1.2-java
  libxmlbeans-java libcastor-xml-java libcommons-httpclient-java libaxis-java
  libcommons-fileupload-java libjackson-json-java libstax-java-doc
  libdom4j-java libjdom1-java libjdom2-java libjettison-java libjoda-time-java
  libkxml2-java libstax2-api-java libwoodstox-java libxom-java
Recommended packages:
  libtomcat7-java libjodatime-java
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  aspectj glassfish-activation glassfish-javaee glassfish-mail groovy ivy
  junit4 libaopalliance-java libaspectj-java libbcprov-java libc3p0-java
  libcglib-java libcommons-beanutils-java libcommons-cli-java
  libcommons-codec-java libcommons-digester-java libcommons-lang-java
  libcommons-lang3-java libcommons-modeler-java libcommons-validator-java
  libehcache-java libgeronimo-ejb-3.0-spec-java libgeronimo-jms-1.1-spec-java
  libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
  libgeronimo-validation-1.0-spec-java libhamcrest-java
  libhawtjni-runtime-java libhttpclient-java libhttpcore-java libjansi-java
  libjansi-native-java libjaudiotagger-java libjavassist-java
  libjsr107cache-java libjzlib-java liblogback-java libmina2-java
  libmockobjects-java libmx4j-java libognl-java libosgi-compendium-java
  libosgi-core-java libosgi-foundation-ee-java libquartz-java libred5-java
  librhino-java libslf4j-java libspring-aop-java libspring-beans-java
  libspring-context-java libspring-context-support-java libspring-core-java
  libspring-expression-java libspring-instrument-java libspring-jdbc-java
  libspring-oxm-java libspring-transaction-java libspring-web-java
  libstax-java libws-commons-util-java libxmlrpc3-common-java
  libxmlrpc3-server-java libxpp3-java libxstream-java red5-server
0 upgraded, 66 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/44.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 56.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Allowing use of questionable username.
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Not creating home directory `/usr/share/red5'.
 * Starting Flash streaming server  red5-server
   ...fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript red5-server, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package red5-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Errors were encountered while processing:
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any Solution?

this is bug introduce here and here . it is working with older version but after 14.04 its creating problem .

Solution :

• Go to the releases page: Here
• download tarball from: Here (or you can use *.zip)
• extract it somewhere
• run red5.sh ( for windows run red5.bat)

Note : it need java so install java before starting red5.sh and after running red5.sh you have to open browser with yourip:5080 you will see red5 page . also don't terminate red5.sh command it will run continuously run on terminal if you terminate then you will not able to see Red5 web page then you have to run again red5.sh script. if you don't want to do this every time then you can create upstart script . all above step tested on ubuntu 14.04 .

For upstart script you can see my another answer How to Add Red5 Background Startup on Ubuntu 14.04?