How to Install Audioserve on Fedora Server

In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Audioserve, an open-source audiobook server, on a Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

Before installing Audioserve, you need to have the following:

A Fedora Server latest version installed
A user account with sudo privileges
A working internet connection

Step 1: Install Additional Dependencies

To install Audioserve, you need to make sure that you have Python, pip, and FFmpeg installed by running the following commands:

sudo dnf install python3 python3-pip ffmpeg

Step 2: Install Audioserve

The easiest way to install Audioserve on Fedora Server is by using pip.

First, you need to install the pip package installer. To do so, run the following command:
```
sudo dnf install python3-pip
```
Once pip is installed, you can use it to install Audioserve by running:
```
sudo pip3 install audioserve
```

Step 3: Configure Audioserve

Before starting Audioserve, you need to configure it by creating a configuration file.

Create a directory where you would like to store your audiobook files:
```
sudo mkdir /var/audiobooks
```
Create a configuration file in /etc/audioserve/audioserve.yaml by running the following command:
```
sudo nano /etc/audioserve/audioserve.yaml
```
You can configure the following settings in the configuration file:
```
---
library_root: "/var/audiobooks"
host: "0.0.0.0"
port: 8000
```
Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Audioserve

After configuring Audioserve, you can now start the server by running the following command:

sudo audioserve -c /etc/audioserve/audioserve.yaml

You should see the following output:

INFO:audioserve.server:starting server, listening on http://0.0.0.0:8000

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Audioserve on your Fedora Server. Now you can access your audiobooks by visiting http://your-server-ip:8000 in your web browser.