Mopidy MusicBox is a web client designed for Mopidy music server. It is an open-source platform that allows you to manage and share your music library across multiple devices. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install and set up Mopidy MusicBox on Clear Linux Latest.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:
To ensure that you have the latest package list, you need to run the following command on your Clear Linux terminal:
sudo swupd update
It will update all the packages in the Clear Linux system.
Now, we can begin with the installation of Mopidy. We can use the swupd package manager to install mopidy.
sudo swupd bundle-add mopidy
This command will install Mopidy and all of its dependencies.
We can install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient using the python package installer (pip). However, to use pip, we need to install the python development package first. Run the following command to install it:
sudo swupd bundle-add python3-basic
After installing the package, we can install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient using pip.
sudo -H pip3 install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient
To configure Mopidy to use Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient, we need to modify the configuration file located at "/etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf". You can use any text editor to modify this file.
sudo nano /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf
Under the "Web" section, add the following lines:
[web]
enabled = true
musicbox = true
Save the file and exit.
You can now start Mopidy using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mopidy
If you want to enable Mopidy to start automatically when the system boots, you can run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable mopidy
Open your web browser and go to the following URL to access Mopidy MusicBox:
http://<youripaddress>:6680/musicbox_webclient
Replace <youripaddress> with the IP address of your Clear Linux system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Mopidy MusicBox on Clear Linux Latest. You can now manage and play your music library from any device with a web browser.
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