How to Install Drift on EndeavourOS Latest

Drift is a memory-efficient, high-performance and cross-platform network audio streaming system designed to be lightweight and fast. It is written in C and developed with the aim of running on low-power devices, such as Raspberry Pis, without compromising audio quality.

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Drift on EndeavourOS latest release. We'll be using GitHub as our source of installation to ensure that we get the latest version available.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• An EndeavourOS latest release.
• A terminal emulator, such as GNOME Terminal or Konsole.
• An internet connection to download the dependencies.

Installing Drift

1. First, open your terminal emulator.

2. To install Drift, we need to install some dependencies first. Run the following command to install the necessary dependencies:

sudo pacman -S libsndfile libpulse libopus libao libavcodec libavformat libavutil ffmpeg-cli

3. We also need to install the Git version control system. Run the following command to install Git:

sudo pacman -S git

4. Next, navigate to the directory where you would like to install Drift. For example, if you would like to install it in your home directory, run the following command:

cd ~/

5. Now we can clone the Drift GitHub repository. Run the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/MaxLeiter/drift.git

6. This will create a new directory called "drift" in your current directory. Navigate to this directory by running:

cd drift

7. Next, we need to compile Drift. Run the following command to compile Drift:

make

8. This will create a new binary file called "drift". We can now run Drift by running the following command:

./drift

9. You should now see output similar to the following:

2021-10-21 13:33:51 (INFO) Drift 0.2.0 running.
2021-10-21 13:33:51 (INFO) Using acceptor: sys
2021-10-21 13:33:51 (INFO) Listening on [::]:48000 (udp)

This means that Drift is now running and listening for UDP traffic on port 48000.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Drift on your EndeavourOS latest release! Drift should now be up and running, ready to stream audio across your network. You can now use Drift with other Drift-enabled devices on your network to stream audio. If you encounter any issues, check the Drift GitHub page for assistance. Enjoy your new audio streaming capabilities!

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