In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Headphones on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution. Headphones is a free and open-source music server that downloads music automatically from various sources like Usenet and torrent trackers.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to have the following:
Headphones is hosted on GitHub, so you need Git installed on your system to fetch the source code. Open the terminal and run the following command to install Git:
sudo pacman -S git
Next, we need to install some dependencies required by Headphones to run efficiently. In the terminal, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python2 make gcc python2-pip python2-openssl
Now, we need to download the Headphones source code from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the Headphones repository to your system:
git clone https://github.com/rembo10/headphones.git /opt/headphones
After downloading the source code, navigate to the Headphones directory by running the following command:
cd /opt/headphones
Then, install Headphones by running the following command:
sudo pip2 install -r requirements.txt
This command will install all the necessary Python modules required to run Headphones.
Once the installation is complete, navigate to the Headphones directory and run the following command to start Headphones:
python2 Headphones.py
You can also create a system service file to run Headphones automatically on system startup.
In this tutorial, we've explained how to install Headphones on Manjaro. Headphones is an excellent music server that can manage your music collection easily. Enjoy your music collection with Headphones!
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