Audiobookshelf is a free, open-source audiobook player that offers an intuitive interface and some great features. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Audiobookshelf on Elementary OS, which is a lightweight and user-friendly Linux distribution.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure to have these prerequisites:
The first step is to update your system to ensure that all packages are up to date. Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Enter your password when prompted and wait for the updates to complete.
To run Audiobookshelf, you need to install some essential packages on your system. Enter the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install git nodejs npm node-waf build-essential libssl-dev
Again, enter your password when prompted to authenticate.
Now that the dependencies are installed, clone the source code repository of Audiobookshelf using Git. Enter the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/audiobookshelf/audiobookshelf.git
This command will git-clone the code from the Audiobookshelf repository to your local machine.
cd into the cloned repository with this command:
cd audiobookshelf/
Once in the directory of Audiobookshelf, enter the following command to install the dependencies:
npm install
After installing the dependencies, you can start Audiobookshelf using the following command:
npm start
This command will start Audiobookshelf in your browser. If Audiobookshelf is not starting automatically in the browser then open up your browser manually and type in the following address http://localhost:3000.
You can also add this application to your app launcher menu by creating a new .desktop file instructions here.
You have successfully installed Audiobookshelf on your Elementary OS machine. Now you can listen to your audiobooks using Audiobookshelf.
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