Installing Groove Basin on FreeBSD

Groove Basin is a music player server that lets you stream and play music from your device through a web browser. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Groove Basin on FreeBSD latest version.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of Groove Basin, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A FreeBSD latest version installed.
• Internet connection.
• Access to the server as a root user.

Step 1: Update FreeBSD

The first step is to update your FreeBSD version to the latest one available. You can do this by running the following commands:

# pkg update && pkg upgrade

This will update all the installed packages and the system files to the latest version.

Step 2: Install dependencies

Now, let's install the necessary dependencies for running Groove Basin on FreeBSD. Run the following command:

# pkg install node npm libgroove

This command will install Node.js, npm, and the libgroove package, which is required to play audio files.

Step 3: Download and install Groove Basin

Next, we will download the source code of Groove Basin from its official GitHub repository. Run the following commands to download and install Groove Basin:

# cd /usr/local/www/
# git clone https://github.com/andrewrk/groovebasin.git
# cd groovebasin
# npm install

This will download the source code of Groove Basin to the /usr/local/www directory, install the necessary dependencies, and prepare the project for the build.

Step 4: Configure Groove Basin

We need to create a configuration file for Groove Basin. Use the following command to create it:

# cp sample.settings.json settings.json

This command will create a copy of sample.settings.json file named settings.json.

Open this file with your favorite text editor and make the following changes:

{
  "webPort": 80,
  "musicDirectory": "<path to your music>",
  "dbFile": "groove.sqlite",
  "mountAllAlbums": false
}

Replace <path to your music> with the directory path where you have stored your music. For example:

"musicDirectory": "/mnt/storage/music",

Step 5: Start Groove Basin

Finally, to start the Groove Basin server, run the following command:

# npm start

This command will start the Groove Basin server, and you will be able to access it through your web browser by navigating to the IP address of your FreeBSD device.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Groove Basin on your FreeBSD device. You can now stream and play your favorite music using a web browser.

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