Navidrome is an open-source music server that lets you stream your music collection remotely. It is easy to install and set up, and it offers a web interface for managing your music library.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Navidrome Music Server on the latest version of Linux Mint.
Before you begin this tutorial, you need:
To install Navidrome on Linux Mint, follow these steps:
The first step is to install the dependencies required by Navidrome. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install curl ffmpeg
Next, download the Navidrome binary from the official website (https://www.navidrome.org/downloads). Run the following command in the terminal to download the binary:
curl -L https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/releases/latest/download/navidrome-linux-amd64 -o navidrome
Once the binary has downloaded, make it executable by running the following command:
chmod +x navidrome
We will move the Navidrome binary to the /usr/bin directory, so it can be easily accessed from the terminal. Run the following command in the terminal to move the binary:
sudo mv navidrome /usr/bin/
Now we will create a systemd service file for Navidrome, which will allow it to be started automatically at boot time. Run the following command in your terminal to create the file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/navidrome.service
In the editor, paste the following lines:
[Unit]
Description=Navidrome Music Server
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=<your_username>
ExecStart=/usr/bin/navidrome
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace <your_username> with your actual Linux Mint username.
Reload systemd with the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Then start Navidrome with the following command:
sudo systemctl start navidrome
Finally, check that the Navidrome service is up and running with the following command:
sudo systemctl status navidrome
If everything is working correctly, the output should look something like this:
● navidrome.service - Navidrome Music Server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/navidrome.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-09-15 14:20:50 PDT; 34s ago
Main PID: 1840 (navidrome)
Tasks: 14 (limit: 3571)
Memory: 31.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/navidrome.service
└─1840 /usr/bin/navidrome
Sep 15 14:20:50 myhostname systemd[1]: Started Navidrome Music Server.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Navidrome Music Server on Linux Mint. Now you can easily stream your music collection remotely using Navidrome's web interface.
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