Mopidy is an extensible music server, which is designed to run headless and remotely, and can be controlled through various clients including a web interface. Mopidy MusicBox is an open-source web client for Mopidy, which allows you to control your music collection through a user-friendly interface.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mopidy MusicBox on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing Mopidy MusicBox, we need to install some dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-spotify
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-mpd
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-local-sqlite
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-podcast
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-internetarchive
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-youtube
sudo apt-get install -y mopidy-soundcloud
These commands will install Mopidy and its various extensions.
The following commands will download and install the Mopidy MusicBox web client:
sudo apt-get install -y git
cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/pimusicbox/mopidy-musicbox-webclient.git
sudo cp -r mopidy-musicbox-webclient /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/mopidy-musicbox-webclient/mopidy_musicbox_webclient /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_musicbox_webclient
This will clone the Mopidy MusicBox repository onto your computer and place it in the /opt directory.
Now that we have installed Mopidy and its components, we need to configure it to use Mopidy MusicBox as its web interface.
sudo nano /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf
Add the following configuration to the mopidy.conf file:
[http]
enabled = true
hostname = 0.0.0.0
port = 6680
[musicbox]
enabled = true
debug = true
webclient_path = /opt/mopidy-musicbox-webclient
Save and close the file by typing Ctrl+X, Y, and Enter.
Finally, let's start Mopidy and access the web interface to configure and control it:
sudo service mopidy restart
Now you can access the Mopidy web interface by opening a web browser and entering the IP address of your MXLinux Latest computer followed by port number 6680. For example, http://192.168.0.100:6680.
You should now see the Mopidy MusicBox web interface, which you can use to browse and play your music collection.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mopidy MusicBox on MXLinux Latest!
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