Installing Groove Basin on Alpine Linux

Groove Basin is a music streaming server that runs in your browser. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Groove Basin on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we can install Groove Basin, we need to ensure that we have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Install Node.js and npm

We need to install Node.js and npm to be able to run Groove Basin. To install Node.js and npm, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo apk add nodejs npm

Step 2: Install Groove Basin

Now that we have installed Node.js and npm, we can proceed with installing Groove Basin. To do this, we need to clone the repository from GitHub. Run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/andrewrk/groovebasin.git

This will download the Groove Basin source code to a directory called "groovebasin".

Step 3: Install Dependencies

After cloning the repository, we need to install the dependencies. Navigate to the groovebasin directory, and run the following command:

npm install

This will install all the dependencies required by Groove Basin.

Step 4: Start Groove Basin

Finally, we can start Groove Basin. Run the following command in your terminal, while in the groovebasin directory:

npm start

This will start the Groove Basin server.

Step 5: Access Groove Basin

With the Groove Basin server running, you can access it using your web browser. Navigate to "http://localhost:16242" in your browser, and you should see the Groove Basin login screen.

You can now log in, and start using Groove Basin to stream your music.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Groove Basin on Alpine Linux!

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