How to Install Mopidy MusicBox on Linux Mint

Introduction

Mopidy is an open-source music player that can play local music as well as stream music from various web services. MusicBox is a web client for Mopidy that provides a web interface for managing and playing music. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mopidy MusicBox on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

  • A Linux Mint machine with internet access
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Steps to Install Mopidy MusicBox on Linux Mint

Step 1: Install Mopidy

The first step is to install Mopidy on Linux Mint. Here are the steps to do so:

  1. Open a terminal on your Linux Mint machine.
  2. Add the Mopidy APT repository to your system:
sudo wget -q -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mopidy.list https://apt.mopidy.com/stretch.list
  1. Import the GPG key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 32D1335B37A5B5D9C550BD908A8F7B358D90CEA0
  1. Update the APT cache:
sudo apt-get update
  1. Install Mopidy and its dependencies:
sudo apt-get install mopidy

Step 2: Install Mopidy MusicBox

Now that we have Mopidy installed, we can proceed to install MusicBox. Here are the steps to do so:

  1. Install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip git
  1. Install Mopidy MusicBox:
sudo pip install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient

Step 3: Configure Mopidy MusicBox

By default, MusicBox listens on port 6680. You may need to configure your firewall to allow incoming connections to this port.

To configure MusicBox, edit its configuration file at /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf. Add the following lines to the end of the file:

[musicbox_webclient]
enabled = true
musicbox = true
websocket_host = 0.0.0.0
websocket_port = 6680

Save the file and restart the Mopidy service:

sudo service mopidy restart

Step 4: Access MusicBox Web Interface

MusicBox is now installed and configured. You can access its web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<your-linux-mint-ip>:6680/musicbox_webclient/. Replace <your-linux-mint-ip> with the IP address of your Linux Mint machine.

You can now use the web interface to add and play music.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Mopidy MusicBox on Linux Mint. We also learned how to configure it and access its web interface. Mopidy MusicBox is a great way to manage and play music on your Linux Mint machine.