Installing Supysonic on Elementary OS
Supysonic is a modern, easy-to-use web-based music player and streamer. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Supysonic on Elementary OS.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
- Python 3
- pip3
- Git
If any of these tools are not installed on your system, install them using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip git
Installing Supysonic
Follow the following steps to properly install Supysonic on your system:
Open up the Terminal by pressing
CTRL + ALT + Ton your keyboard.Clone the Supysonic project from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/spl0k/supysonic.gitNavigate to the
supysonicdirectory using the following command:cd supysonicInstall the required Python packages using the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txtRun the following command to create a config file:
cp supysonic.conf.sample supysonic.confOpen the
supysonic.conffile in a text editor using the following command:nano supysonic.confEdit the following values in the
supysonic.conffile:ldap_url: Enter your LDAP server URL (If you do not use LDAP, remove the entireldapsection)bind_address: Enter0.0.0.0to bind Supysonic to all available network interfacesmedia_dir: Enter the absolute path to the directory where your music is storedmedia_url: Enter a URL that will be used to access your music from the outside (You can use your external IP, your domain name or a subdomain)server_type: Change tocherrypy
Save the changes and close the file.
Start the Supysonic server by entering the following command:
python3 supysonic.py
Now you will be able to access Supysonic from a web browser by visiting http://<your-external-ip>:8000. You can use Supysonic to stream your music from your server to any device with a web browser.