Audioserve is a self-hosted audiobook server that allows you to stream your audiobooks, play them on any device, and manage your library. The installation process of Audioserve on Arch Linux is straight forward and can be done using the following steps.
The first step is to install all the required packages that are needed to run Audioserve. These packages include:
nodejs (required by Audioserve)npm (npm package manager)You can install these packages by using the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
Once the installation process is completed, you can verify the installation by running the following commands:
node --version # should result in version number
npm --version # should result in version number
The next step is to download the Audioserve from the GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/izderadicka/audioserve.git
This will download the Audioserve source code from the GitHub repository to your current working directory.
To install dependencies, you can navigate to the downloaded audioserve directory and run the following command:
cd audioserve
npm install
This will install all the required dependencies that are used by Audioserve.
You can start the server by running the following command:
npm start
This will start the Audioserve server on your machine.
Now that your Audioserve server is up and running, you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
That’s it! You have successfully installed Audioserve on your Arch Linux machine. You can now add your audiobooks to the server and start streaming them via your browser or any other device in the same network.
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