How to Install Supysonic on OpenBSD

Supysonic is a free and open-source media server for streaming music to a web browser or smartphone. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install Supysonic on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• OpenBSD installed on your server or computer
• Python 2.7 or 3.4+
• pip package manager

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required by Supysonic. Run the following command to install them:

sudo pkg_add python-2.7 py-pip py-setuptools mpg123

This will install Python 2.7, pip, and the mpg123 package required for audio decoding.

Step 2: Install Supysonic

Now, we can proceed to install Supysonic using pip. Run the following command to install Supysonic:

sudo pip install supysonic

Step 3: Configure Supysonic

After installation, we can now configure Supysonic. Create a configuration file for Supysonic using the following command:

sudo touch /etc/supysonic/supysonic.conf

Then, open the configuration file using a text editor:

sudo vi /etc/supysonic/supysonic.conf

In the configuration file, set the following:

[general]
media_dir=/path/to/your/music/directory
allowed_ips=0.0.0.0/0              # to allow access to Supysonic from any IP address

Replace /path/to/your/music/directory with the absolute path to your music directory.

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Run Supysonic

Finally, we can run Supysonic using the command:

sudo supysonic

Supysonic will start on port 8080. You can access Supysonic by navigating to http://localhost:8080 on your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown how to install and configure Supysonic on OpenBSD. It is now up to you to add music to Supysonic and start streaming it to your web browser or smartphone.