Koel is a web-based personal music streaming server that can help you to create your own personal music library. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Koel on MXLinux Latest.
Before starting with the installation, make sure that you have the following:
Run the following command to update the package repositories and software packages on your MXLinux system:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Koel requires a web server, PHP, and a database management system to function properly. Run the following command to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your MXLinux system:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php7.3 php7.3-mysql mysql-server
After the successful installation of these packages, you can check their status using the following commands:
sudo systemctl status apache2
sudo systemctl status mysql
If everything is running fine, you should see the "active (running)" status.
Koel requires some PHP modules to run properly. These modules are:
You can install these modules by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.3-curl php7.3-gd php7.3-json php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-xml php7.3-zip
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Run the following command to install Composer on your MXLinux system:
sudo apt-get install composer
Download the latest version of Koel using the following command:
wget https://github.com/koel/koel/archive/v5.1.0.tar.gz -O koel.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
tar -zxvf koel.tar.gz
Rename the extracted directory to koel using the following command:
mv koel-5.1.0 koel
Navigate to the koel directory using the following command:
cd koel
Run the following command to install the required dependencies for Koel:
composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
Create a .env file by copying the .env.example file using the following command:
cp .env.example .env
Update the .env file with your database credentials and other settings.
Run the following command to generate a new application key:
php artisan key:generate
Run the following command to create the database tables:
php artisan migrate
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Koel using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/koel.conf
Paste the following content into the configuration file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName koel.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/koel/public
<Directory /var/www/koel/public>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/koel-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/koel-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace the ServerName with your own domain name or IP address.
Enable the new virtual host configuration using the following command:
sudo a2ensite koel.conf
Restart the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can now access Koel by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your-domain.com or http://your-server-ip. If everything is working fine, you will be prompted to create a new user account.
Once you have created a new user account, you can start uploading your music files to Koel and enjoy your own personal music library.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Koel on MXLinux Latest.
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