In this tutorial, we will learn how to install µStreamer on Alpine Linux Latest. µStreamer is an audio and video streaming server that allows you to stream audio and video content over a network.
Before we get started, make sure you have the following:
Follow these steps to install µStreamer on Alpine Linux Latest:
Before we get started, update and upgrade your system packages to ensure that you have the latest packages and dependencies installed:
apk update && apk upgrade
Next, we need to install the required dependencies for µStreamer to work.
apk add git build-base cmake libavahi-client-dev alsa-lib-dev ffmpeg-dev
Clone the µStreamer repository using git:
git clone https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer.git
Navigate to the µStreamer directory that was created in the previous step:
cd ustreamer
Create a build directory and navigate to it:
mkdir build && cd build
Now, use cmake to generate the makefile:
cmake ..
Finally, compile and install µStreamer:
make -j4 && make install
Now that µStreamer is installed, we can start using it. To run µStreamer, use the following command:
ustreamer
That's it! You have successfully installed µStreamer on Alpine Linux Latest and can now start streaming audio and video content over a network.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install µStreamer on Alpine Linux Latest. We first updated and upgraded our system packages, installed the required dependencies, cloned the µStreamer repository, built µStreamer using cmake, and finally, started using µStreamer to stream audio and video content over a network.
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