Installing Mopidy on Debian Latest

Mopidy is a music server that can play music from local files, Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Play Music, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mopidy on Debian latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date and that we have the following packages installed:

• git
• python3
• python3-pip

To update the system and install the required packages, type the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git python3 python3-pip

Installing Mopidy

To install Mopidy, follow the steps given below:

1. Install Mopidy using pip:

sudo pip3 install Mopidy

2. Install Mopidy extensions:

sudo pip3 install Mopidy-Spotify Mopidy-YouTube

Note: You can install additional extensions as per your requirement.

3. Create a configuration file for Mopidy:

mkdir ~/.config/mopidy
nano ~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf

4. Copy and paste the following configuration into the file:

[core]
cache_dir = $XDG_CACHE_DIR/mopidy
config_dir = $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/mopidy
data_dir = $XDG_DATA_DIR/mopidy
max_tracklist_length = 10000
restore_state = false

[logging]
color = true
console_format = %(levelname)-8s %(message)s
debug_format = %(levelname)-8s %(asctime)s [%(process)d:%(threadName)s] %(name)s\n  %(message)s
debug_file = mopidy.log
config_file =

[audio]
mixer = software
mixer_volume = 
output = autoaudiosink
# buffer_time =

[proxy]
scheme =
hostname =
port =
username =
password =

[mpd]
enabled = true
hostname = ::
port = 6600
password =
max_connections = 20
connection_timeout = 60
zeroconf = Mopidy MPD server on $hostname
command_blacklist =
  listall
  listallinfo
  load
  playlistadd
  playlistclear
  playlistdelete
  playlistmove
  playlistremove
  shuffle
  swap

[http]
enabled = false
hostname = 0.0.0.0
port = 6680
static_dir =
zeroconf = Mopidy HTTP server on $hostname

[spotify]
username = 
password = 
client_id = 
client_secret = 

[youtube]
enabled = true
max_results = 10
api_key = 

Note: Fill in the required details such as Spotify and YouTube API keys, usernames, passwords, etc.

5. Save the file and exit.

Running Mopidy

To run Mopidy, type the following command in your terminal:

mopidy

You will see the logs on your terminal as Mopidy starts running. To stop Mopidy, simply press Ctrl + C in the terminal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Mopidy on Debian latest. You can now stream your favorite music from various sources using Mopidy. Enjoy your music!

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