How to Install LMS on Alpine Linux Latest

LMS (Logitech Media Server) is an open-source audio streaming server that allows you to stream music wirelessly to different devices on your local network. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LMS on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following:

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update the System

First, update your system package repositories with the following command:

sudo apk update

After that, upgrade all the installed packages to their latest version using the following command:

sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Prerequisites

Next, install the prerequisites required to build LMS by running the following command:

sudo apk add build-base perl-dev pcre-dev zlib-dev openssl-dev expat-dev perl-dbd-sqlite curl

Step 3: Download and Install LMS

You can download the LMS tarball from the official website or GitHub repository. Here, we are using the GitHub repository to download and install LMS.

1. Change to the home directory with the following command:

   cd ~
   

2. Clone the latest LMS source code from GitHub with the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/epoupon/lms.git
   

3. Once the repository has been cloned, change to the lms directory with the following command:

   cd lms
   

4. Now, build LMS with the following command:

   ./configure --with-lame --with-vorbis --with-flac --with-mpg123 --with-soxr --with-ffmpeg --with-faad --with-mad --prefix=/usr/local
   

   This command configures the source code and sets the installation directory to /usr/local.

5. After the configuration is complete, build and install LMS using the following commands:

   make
   sudo make install
   

Step 4: Configure LMS

To configure LMS, you need to create a configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/logitechmediaserver.conf

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

logdir /var/log/squeezeboxserver/
cachedir /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/
prefsdir /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Start LMS

To start LMS, run the following command:

sudo /usr/local/sbin/squeezeboxserver --logdir /var/log/squeezeboxserver/ --cachedir /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/ --prefsdir /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/

After starting the LMS, you can access its web interface by navigating to http://:9000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install LMS on Alpine Linux Latest. Once you have LMS installed, you can use it to stream your music library wirelessly to various devices on your local network.

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