Mopidy MusicBox is a music server software that allows you to play and listen to music from different sources such as local files, Spotify, SoundCloud, and many more. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Mopidy MusicBox on Debian Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first thing that you should do is update your Debian system to the latest version to ensure that all packages are up-to-date.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Mopidy MusicBox requires several dependencies to work properly. Install these dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install mopidy python-pip python-dev python-crypto python-pyasn1 python-ldap python3-gst-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-base libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev libspotify-dev libspotify12 chromium chromium-driver
Mopidy is available in Debian's repositories, but Mopidy MusicBox Web Client is not. Therefore, we will install it from GitHub.
sudo apt-get install mopidy
sudo pip install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient
Open the Mopidy configuration file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf
Add the following lines to the end of the file:
[http]
enabled = true
hostname = ::
port = 6680
zeroconf = Mopidy MusicBox on $hostname
[spotify]
username = yourusername
password = yourpassword
Replace "yourusername" and "yourpassword" with your Spotify credentials. Save and exit the file.
Now that Mopidy is configured, start the service by running the following command:
sudo service mopidy start
Open a web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip-address:6680/musicbox_webclient/ to access the Mopidy MusicBox web client.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mopidy MusicBox on Debian Latest. You can now add your music files and start listening to your favorite tunes.
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