How to install Koel on EndeavourOS Latest?

Koel is a free and open-source web-based music streaming server, written in PHP and Vue.js. It allows you to access your music library from anywhere with an internet connection. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install Koel on EndeavourOS Latest using the LAMP stack.

Prerequisites

• A fresh installation of EndeavourOS Latest.
• A sudo user.
• A LAMP stack. If you do not have a LAMP stack installed, you can follow our tutorial, How to install LAMP stack on EndeavourOS Latest?

Step 1: Update the system

Before installing any new packages, it is recommended to update the system to the latest version.

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install the required packages

To run Koel, we need to install some PHP extensions, MariaDB server, and some other dependencies. Use the following command to install them all.

sudo pacman -S mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-pdo php-redis ffmpeg imagemagick

During the installation, you will be prompted to start and enable MariaDB. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb

Step 3: Create a database for Koel

Koel uses a MySQL/MariaDB database to store the metadata and other information about your music library. We need to create a new database and user for Koel using the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root

CREATE DATABASE koel;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON koel.* TO 'koeluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Remember to replace koeluser and password with your desired database username and password.

Step 4: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that we will use to install Koel.

sudo pacman -S composer

Step 5: Install Koel

To install Koel, we need to clone the source code from GitHub and then install the dependencies using Composer. Run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/phanan/koel.git

cd koel

composer install --no-dev

Step 6: Configure Koel

We need to create a new configuration file for Koel using the example file provided.

cp .env.example .env

Then, open the .env file and edit the following parameters to match your environment:

APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=false

DB_DRIVER=mysql
DB_DATABASE=koel
DB_USERNAME=koeluser
DB_PASSWORD=password

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=null

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ADMIN_NAME=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD=password

APP_URL=http://localhost:8000

Step 7: Populate the database

Koel provides a migration script that we need to run to populate the database with tables and data.

php artisan migrate --seed

Step 8: Start Koel

We can start Koel server by running the following command:

php artisan serve

Then, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access Koel.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Koel on EndeavourOS Latest using the LAMP stack. You can now start uploading your music files and enjoy streaming your music from anywhere.