How to Install Snapcast on OpenSUSE Latest

Snapcast is a multi-room audio solution where all connected clients play perfectly synchronized audio. In this tutorial, we will install Snapcast on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

OpenSUSE Latest is installed
You have sudo or root access to the system
Basic knowledge of the terminal

Installing Snapcast

Follow these steps to install Snapcast:

Open the Terminal and enter the following commands to install dependencies:

sudo zypper install -y git make gcc g++ pkg-config libasound2-devel libvorbis-devel libopus-devel alsa-utils alsa-plugins-pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils
Next, clone the Snapcast repository:

git clone https://github.com/badaix/snapcast.git
Change into the cloned directory:

cd snapcast
Run the make command to build the Snapcast server:

make
Install the Snapcast server:

sudo make install
Next, allow the user to start the Snapcast server, and enable it to run at system startup:
```
sudo systemctl enable snapserver
sudo systemctl start snapserver
```
You can check if Snapserver is running with the following command:
```
sudo systemctl status snapserver
```

Install the Snapcast client by running the following command:

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:axiles/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/home:axiles.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install snapclient

Once installed, start the Snapcast client with the following command:

snapclient

You can also start the Snapcast client as a system service:
```
sudo systemctl enable snapclient
sudo systemctl start snapclient
```
You can check if Snapclient is running with the following command:
```
sudo systemctl status snapclient
```

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Snapcast on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can now use Snapcast to stream audio in synchronized form across multiple devices.