In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install Icecast 2 on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have root privileges and that your system is up to date.
The first step is to install the dependencies required for Icecast 2. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libtheora-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libsqlite3-dev libpcre3-dev pkg-config libspeexdsp-dev libopus-dev
Next, we need to download and extract the Icecast tarball. Run the following command to download the source code:
wget https://github.com/xiph/icecast-server/archive/icecast-2.4.4.tar.gz
Once downloaded, use the following command to extract the tarball:
tar -xf icecast-2.4.4.tar.gz
After extracting the tarball, move into the newly created directory:
cd icecast-server-icecast-2.4.4/
Next, run the following commands to configure, compile, and install Icecast:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
After installation, we need to configure Icecast. Open the configuration file with your preferred editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
Step 4.1: Replace the XML tags for "<admin-password>" and "<source-password>" with your desired passwords.
Step 4.2: Replace the XML tags for "<hostname>" and "<location>" with your server's hostname and location information.
Step 4.3: Save and close the file.
To start Icecast, run the following command:
sudo icecast -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started Icecast on MXLinux Latest. You can now configure your web server to work with Icecast and start streaming audio.
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